Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with allergic asthma and controls

	Controls	Asthmatics
Number	(n = 20)	(n = 20)
Gender [f/m]	9/11	7/13
Age [age]*	17 (8–25)	13 (8–24)
eNO [ppb]*	15.0 (2.2–35.5)	64.4 (30.4–192.1)
Total IgE [IU/ml]*	72.5 (2–230)	292 (17–1927)
FEV1 [%]*	104.8 (90.1–136.6)	101.5 (51.5–130.5)
VCin [%]*	100.4 (70.7–115.6)	100.5 (69.9–136.2)
FEV1/VCmax [%]*	89.0 (76.25–99.26)	81.9 (51.74–98.15)
RV/TLC [%]*	106.3 (59.58–181.4)	121.2 (54.69–206.3)
MEF 25 [%]*	101.0 (62.7–203.3)	67.5 (20.8–151)

*Data are presented as medians and ranges