Table 1.
Demographic factors, self-rated health, sickness behaviour and inflammatory markers in men and women at baseline
| Women | Men | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Range | Mean | SD | n | Range | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 87 | 19–63 | 41.4 | 11.9 | 94 | 18–64 | 40.6 | 12.8 |
| BMI | 83 | 17.6–45.2 | 26.7 | 6.0 | 93 | 18.7–39.4 | 26.5 | 3.8 |
| Education | 82 | 1–3 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 89 | 1–3 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| Self-rated health | 86 | 1–5 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 93 | 1–4 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| Sickness behavioura | 85 | 1–5.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 93 | 1.2–5.2 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| FENO (ppb)b | 85 | 0.4–8.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 89 | 0.3–13.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Perennial IgE (kU/l) | 76 | 0.1–478.1 | 41.4 | 76.2 | 82 | 0.1–182.2 | 24.4 | 31.9 |
| Seasonal IgE (kU/l) | 76 | 0.0–107.9 | 13.5 | 20.9 | 82 | 0.0–180.3 | 18.1 | 34.1 |
| Food IgE (kU/l) | 76 | 0.0–173.2 | 11.3 | 26.9 | 82 | 0.1–105.0 | 10.5 | 21.0 |
| Total IgE (kU/l) | 76 | 0.2–504.2 | 66.1 | 99.9 | 82 | 0.2–411.7 | 52.9 | 71.0 |
| S-ECP | 76 | 2.0–71.4 | 16.2 | 12.1 | 82 | 2.1–70.8 | 15.8 | 13.9 |
| P-EDN | 76 | 6.3–216.5 | 26.0 | 36.4 | 82 | 9.4–745.6 | 50.7 | 120.1 |
n number of individual patients, BMI body mass index, F E NO exhaled fraction of nitric oxide, S-ECP serum eosinophil cationic protein, P-EDN plasma eosinophil-derived neurotoxin
a Composite variable of rating of energy, sleep, memory, fitness and appetite
b FENO—values are reported as mean value from two successive measurements divided by predicted normal FENO values in non-atopic adult subjects adjusted for height and age