Table 3.

Spiral scores by medication status.

	No medication N = 223	Asthma medicationa N = 39	Psychiatric medicationb N = 5	Both types of medications N = 4	Significancec
Spiral score (dominant arm)	0.39 ± 0.31	0.42 ± 0.35	0.80 ± 0.45	0.50 ± .00	p = 0.07
Spiral score (non-dominant arm)	0.48 ± 0.39	0.46 ± 0.42	0.70 ± 0.27	0.75 ± .29	p = 0.18

^aMedications for asthma symptoms and treatment included albuterol (most common), singulair, flovent and advair.

^bMedications for psychiatric disorders included concerta (most common) and few others.

^cKruskal–Wallis test comparing the four groups to one another.