Association of stem cell factor gene expression with severity and atopic state in patients with bronchial asthma

Respiratory Research

Table 1 Demographic, clinical data and pulmonary function tests of studied groups

		Patients (n = 50)		Control (n = 30)		Test	P-value
Age in years (Mean ± SEM)		33.84 ± 1.46		35.23 ± 1.83		0.59^a	0.55
		No	%	No	%
Gender	Male	24	48%	13	43.3%	0.16^b	0.68
Gender	Female	26	52%	17	56.7%	0.16^b	0.68
FEV1/FVC %(Mean ± SEM)		61.40 ± 0.80		87.67 ± 0.52		23.52^a	<0.001
FEV1% predicted (Mean ± SEM)		70.44 ± 1.83		93.47 ± 0.61		9.52^a	<0.001
Atopy	Atopic	23	46%
Atopy	Non atopic	27	54%
Severity	Mild	16	32%
	Moderate	20	70%
	Severe	14	28%

Data are presented as mean and standard error mean (SEM)
FVC forced vital capacity, FEV1 Predicted forced expiratory volume in first second
^a t -test, ^b chi-square (X²) test

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