Table 2.

Characteristics of matched pairs of CEDAR study participants

Patients with asthma					Controls
Sex	Age, years	BMI, kg/m2	Smoking status	CEDAR ID	Sex	Age, years	BMI, kg/m2	Smoking status	CEDAR ID
Female	28	34,63	Non-smoker	IPC386	Female	30	26,95	Non-smoker	IPC102
Female	36	36,33	Smoker	IPC361	Female	36	32,37	Smoker	IPC206
Female	36	26,56	Non-smoker	IPC300	Female	36	33,06	Non-smoker	IPC250
Male	37	30,35	Non-smoker	IPC383	Male	37	28,4	Non-smoker	IPC353
Female	45	19,27	Non-smoker	IPC376	Female	45	17,9	Non-smoker	IPC114
Female	48	23,84	Non-smoker	IPC368	Female	49	21,72	Non-smoker	IPC331
Female	53	31,22	Smoker	IPC072	Female	53	26,75	Smoker	IPC051
Female	54	31,25	Non-smoker	IPC371	Female	55	28,62	Non-smoker	IPC213
Female	55	24,09	Non-smoker	IPC401	Female	55	23,03	Non-smoker	IPC132
Female	58	31,25	Non-smoker	IPC043	Female	58	33,87	Non-smoker	IPC379
Female	60	28,09	Non-smoker	IPC292	Female	60	29,41	Non-smoker	IPC036
Female	72	21,89	Non-smoker	IPC327	Female	71	25,47	Non-smoker	IPC159
Female	73	21,51	Non-smoker	IPC342	Female	73	20,55	Non-smoker	IPC370
Male	78	24,86	Non-smoker	IPC055	Male	78	24,31	Non-smoker	IPC163
Male	81	25,95	Non-smoker	IPC315	Male	80	29,03	Non-smoker	IPC023