Table 1.

ACT score and spirometric measurements among studied groups

	HS	CA	UA	P
	N = 40	N = 37	N = 43
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
	Median (Q1 –Q3)	Median (Q1 –Q3)	Median (Q1 –Q3)
ACT score		19.0 (17.0 – 21.0)	13.0 (10.0–13.0)	<0.001*
FEV1%	90.5 (5.5)	78.5 (14.6)	68.0 (13.6)	HS vs. CA < 0.001*
				HS vs. UA < 0.001*
				CA vs.UA < 0.001*
PEFR (L/sec)	7.4 (1.6)	5.3 (1.9)	4.5 (1.9)	HS vs. CA < 0.001*
				HS vs. UA < 0.001*
				CA vs.UA = 0.054
FEF25% (L/sec)	6.8 (1.5)	4.7 (2.0)	3.5 (1.8)	HS vs. CA < 0.001*
				HS vs. UA < 0.001*
				CA vs.UA = 0.006*
FEF50% (L/sec)	4.9 (3.7–6.1)	2.8 (2.0 – 4.4.0)	1.7 (1.0–2.6)	HS vs. CA < 0.001*
				HS vs. UA < 0.001*
				CA vs.UA = 0.004*
FEF75% (L/sec)	2.3 (1.8–2.5)	1.2 (0.7 – 1.8)	0.7 (0.4–1.3)	HS vs. CA < 0.001*
				HS vs. UA < 0.001*
				CA vs.UA = 0.005*

ACT Asthma control test, CA Controlled asthmatic, FEF Forced expiratory flow, FEV1 Forced expiratory volume in the first second, HS Healthy subjects, PEFR Peak expiratory flow rate, Q1 25 quartile, Q3 75 quartile, SD Standard deviation, UA Uncontrolled asthma, * Statistically significant.