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Table 1 PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS

From: Correlation of exhaled breath temperature with bronchial blood flow in asthma

 

Asthma not steroid treated (n = 10)

Steroid treated asthma (n = 9)

Normals (n = 16)

Age (years)

37 ± 7

45 ± 7

30 ± 2

Sex (M/F)

4/6

3/6

8/8

FEV1 (% predicted)

93 ± 10

75 ± 11

97 ± 9

Smokers

0

0

0

Ex smokers

0

0

0

Therapy:

   

Inhaled β-drenergics

10

10

0

Theophylline

0

0

0

Inhaled steroids

0

10

0

Oral steroids

0

0

0

  1. Definition of abbreviations:; FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in one second. Values are means ± SEM.