Table 2.

Asthma scores before and after budesonide treatment (n = 23)

Scores	Pretreatment	Week 4 of treatment	Week 8 of treatment	Week 12 of treatment
Dyspnea score	1 (0, 3)	0 (0, 2)*	0 (0, 3)	0 (0, 3)*
Cough score	1 (0, 3)	0 (0, 3)†	0 (0, 3)*	0 (0, 3)*
Wheeze score	0 (0, 2)	0 (0, 0)*	0 (0, 2)*	0 (0, 2)
SABA use	0 (0, 14)	0 (0, 5)*	0 (0, 6)	0 (0, 4)*
Asthma score	4 (0, 18)	0 (0, 7)†	1 (0, 10)	1 (0, 8)†

Values are medians (minimum, maximum). *P<0.05; ^†P<0.01 compared with pretreatment. SABA: Short-acting β₂-agonist.