Table EI.
Women (%) | Men (%) | p value†† | |
---|---|---|---|
Major Criteria (Must have 1)
| |||
Oral corticosteroids <50% of year | 35.7 | 20 | 0.362 |
High-dose inhaled corticosteroids | 78.6 | 82.4 | 0.928 |
Minor Criteria (Must have 2)
| |||
Daily treatment with controller medication | 100 | 86.7 | 0.082 |
Daily or near-daily use of short-acting β2 | 35.7 | 46.7 | 0.566 |
FEV1 <80% predicted | 42.9 | 73.3 | 0.103 |
1+ urgent care visits for asthma per year | 28.6 | 6.7 | 0.127 |
3+ oral corticosteroid “bursts” per year | 7.1 | 6.7 | 0.961 |
Prompt deterioration in asthma control when corticosteroids were reduced < 25% | 0 | 0 | -- |
Near-fatal asthma event in the past | 0 | 0 | -- |
Some patients may have met more than the minimum requirements
p value was determined by Mann-Whitney U test, * p<0.05