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. 2016 Jan 8;16:3. doi: 10.1186/s12890-015-0156-2

Table 2.

Changes in other asthma medications post omalizumab therapy

Duration >120 days Baselinea Follow-upb p-valuec
N = 158 N (%) N (%)
ICS <0.001*
 With ICS 158 (100.0 %) 138 (87.3 %)
 Without ICS 0 (0.0 %) 20 (12.7 %)
ICS + LABA <0.001*
 With ICS + LABA 157 (99.4 %) 124 (78.5 %)
 Without ICS + LABA 1 (0.6 %) 34 (21.5 %)
OCS <0.001*
 With OCS 146 (92.4 %) 91 (57.6 %)
 Without OCS 12 (7.6 %) 67 (42.4 %)
SAMA <0.001*
 With SAMA 49 (31.0 %) 4 (2.5 %)
 Without SAMA 109 (69.0 %) 154 (97.5 %)
LAMA 0.027*
 With LAMA 27 (17.1 %) 13 (8.2 %)
 Without LAMA 131 (82.9 %) 145 (91.8 %)

aBaseline: 1 year before the index date

bFollow-up: 2 months before discontinuation (discontinuation of therapy was defined as a gap in therapy of 56 days)

cFisher’s exact test, *P < 0.05