Table 1.
Demographic and respiratory health characteristics of the study population
| Characteristics | Non-asthmatic (n=27) |
Asthmatic (n=32) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.5 (15.2) | 43.9 (14.6) | 0.917 |
| Gender, male/female | 8/19 | 13/19 | 0.424 |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 28.7(6.6) | 28.4 (5.9) | 0.869 |
| Allergic rhinitis, n (%) | 17 (63) | 26 (81) | 0.147 |
| Asthma duration (Y), mean (SD) | N/A | 17.3 (11.1) | N/A |
| Blood eos (cells/µl), mean (SD) | Not done | 216.8 (150.1) | N/A |
| Total IgE (kU/L) | Not done | 248.3 (264,3) | N/A |
| FVC (L), mean (SD) | 3.77(1.65) | 3.72 (1.17) | 0.899 |
| FVC%, mean (SD) | 98.9(20.9) | 89.4 (17.4) | 0.083 |
| FEV1 (L), mean (SD) | 3.02 (1.54) | 2.66 (1.11) | 0.336 |
| FEV1%, mean (SD) | 92.9 (0.2) | 77.2 (23.5) | 0.021 |
| FEV1/FVC ratio | 0.76 (0.1) | 0.68 (0.14) | 0.045 |
| FEV1% change after BD, mean (SD) | Not done | 14.8 (13.2) | N/A |
| ACQ score, mean (SD) | Not done | 0.99 (0.58) | N/A |