Table 1.

Subject characteristics.

	Asthma (n = 26)	Control (n = 15)	p value
Gender, Female, n (%)	20 (77%)	9 (60%)	0.17
Age (SD)	48.00 (13.89)	40.71 (11.40)	0.10
Race			0.01
White, n (%)	22 (84.6)	11 (73.3)
Black, n (%)	4 (16)	0
Asian, n (%)	0	4 (26.7)
Allergic rhinitis, n (%)	24 (92)	3 (20.0)	< 0.001
Age at asthma diagnosis (SD)	25.88	(18.43)
Current ICS use, n (%)	24 (92)
Used systemic steroid in past year, n (%)	14 (56%)
Average courses of systemic steroid in past year (SD)	2.8 (3.1)
ACT score (SD)	18.9 (4.2)
FEV1 percent predicted (SD)	92.60 (13.64)
FEV1/FVC percent predicted (SD)	96.56 (10.43)

ICS = inhaled corticosteroid steroid.