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Table I.

Characteristics of children with croup and with wheezing illness

	Croup	Wheezing
Number of patients	144	76
Sex: males/females	97/47	52/24
Age (median)	1.9 years	1.5 years^⁎
Temperature	37.7°C	37.8°C
Corticosteroid	88%	24%^†
Inhaled racemic epinephrine	87%	25%^†

^⁎

P < .01 χ².

^†

P < .001 χ².