Table 1.

Clinical characteristic of the group.

Variable	Controls	Allergic asthma	Allergic rhinitis
Number of subjects	20	39	21
Female	15	17	6
Age (mean ± SD)	11.25 ± 2.79	10.61 ± 3.53	12.47 ± 3.57
Total IgE (mean ± SD) (IU/mL)	7.37	242.35 ± 206.86*†	27.78 ± 20.25*
Positive SPT (%)	0.0	75%*†	81.3%*
exNO (mean ± SD) (ppb)	<20	32.05 ± 49.17	–
Blood eosinophils (mean ± SD) (%)	–	6.2 ± 3.85	–
FEV1/FVC pred (mean ± SD)	99.87 ± 5.82	91.94 ± 15.59	93.00 ± 8.66
FEV1% pred (mean ± SD)	99.93 ± 9.88	94.19 ± 20.38	101.60 ± 13.94
PEF% pred (mean ± SD)	97.73 ± 13.31	89.80 ± 22.48	91.60 ± 15.09

SD: standard deviation.

^*Indicates significance (P < 0.05) as compared to the control group.

^†Indicates significance (P < 0.05) as compared to the AR group.