TABLE 2.

Mean rates of asthma-specific health services use (HSU) and prescriptions by sex

Outcome	Women	Men	Standardised difference#
Subjects	131 628	77 426
Asthma-specific HSU per 100 person-years
Spirometry visits	24.1±64.6	32.4±91.2	0.105
Asthma-specific ED visits	0.9±12.1	0.7±6.8	0.025
Asthma-specific hospitalisations	0.8±20.5	0.4±9.7	0.029
Asthma-specific physician office visits	30.4±97.8	31.7±107.9	0.012
Asthma-specific specialist visits	10.3±45.0	10.4±47.2	0.003
Asthma-specific medication use per person-year
Asthma controller prescriptions	3.5±5.1	4.0±6.0	0.088
Asthma reliever prescriptions	1.8±3.8	2.0±4.8	0.046

Data are presented as n or mean±sd, unless otherwise stated. ^#: standardised difference of >0.1 generally considered different (shown in bold).