Table 3.
Change in Acute Care Need Over Time Between groups (Median [Interquartile Range])
| Variables | Baseline |
3 months |
6 months |
9 months |
1 year |
Change over time (P) | Difference between groups over time (P) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 163 | N = 106 | N = 137 | N = 127 | N = 124 | |||
| Emergency dept visits | |||||||
| ICS | 1 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | <0.0001 | 0.81 |
| ICS+LABA | 1 (0, 2) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | ||
| Primary care physician visits | |||||||
| ICS | 2 (1, 5) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | <0.0001 | 0.50 |
| ICS+LABA | 2 (1, 4) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 1) | ||
| Oral steroids | |||||||
| ICS | 2 (1, 2) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | <0.0001 | 0.40 |
| ICS+LABA | 2 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 1) | ||
| Albuterol (mean days/month) | |||||||
| ICS | 6 (2, 15) | 2 (0, 4) | 1 (0, 2) | 1 (0, 2) | 1 (0, 3) | <0.0001 | 0.86 |
| ICS+LABA | 10 (5, 16) | 2 (1, 4) | 2 (1, 4) | 2 (0.5, 3) | 2 (0.5, 4) | ||