Table 1. Comparison of CD93 levels between the asthma and control groups after adjustment for sex, age, and smoking using multiple regression analysis.
| Characteristics | Asthmatics n=57 |
Healthy subjects n=57 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year), mean (SD) | 46.98 (12.09) | 48.37 (8.04) | 0.47 |
| Gender (M/F) | 25/32 | 24/33 | <0.01 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28/50 (6.15) | 27.76 (5.52) | 0.62 |
| Duration of disease (year) (SD) | 8.46 (7.31) | - | |
| ICS negative before admission (no/percent) | 32 (59/4) | - | |
| Length of hospital stay (day) | - | ||
| mean (SD) | 4.7 (1.93) | - | |
| PEF at admission day (l/min) (SD) | 261.7 (90.3) | - | <0.01 |
| PEF at discharge day (l/min) (SD) | 316.1 (87.7) | - | 0.01 |
| Active smoking (no/percent) | 13 (22.6) | 13 (22.6) | <0.01 |
BMI, body mass index; IC, inhaled corticosteroid; PEF, peak expiratory flow.