Asthma: bench to bedside P107 ASTHMA IN FIRE FIGHTERS AND RECRUITS
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P108 Table Variable Asthmatic (n = 34) Mean (95% CI) Inflammatory (n = 20) Mean (95% CI) Non-inflammatory (n = 18) Mean (95% CI) Overall ANOVA Age (years) 49.9 (43.6 to 56.1) 54.1 (45.9 to 62.2) 50.2 (45.7 to 54.6) 0.577 Duration rhinitis (years) 15.9 (11.5 to 20.4) 14.3 (6.3 to 22.3) 17.7 (10.3 to 25.0) 0.773 Exhaled NO (ppb)* 34.3 (25.9 to 45.3) 48.2 (36.0 to 64.5) 15.4 (11.1 to 21.3) ,0.005 Nasal NO (ppb)* 386.0 (297.5 to 500.7) 372.1 (274.1 to 504.1) 413.3 (315.8 to 540.9) 0.892 FEV1% predicted 83.7 (78.2 to 89.1) 101.1 (94.3 to 107.8) 101.2 (94.0 to 108.4) ,0.005 FEF25275% predicted 60.3 (52.0 to 68.6) 83.6 (72.4 to 94.7) 90.1 (77.7 to 102.4) ,0.005 sReff % predicted* 114.6 (92.2 to 142.4) 81.8 (65.9 to 101.5) 76.7 (64.2 to 91.6) 0.012 Serum IgE (kU/l)* 162.7 (91.2 to 290.1) 93.6 (42.9 to 204.2) 44.4 (25.6 to 77.0) 0.011 Eosinophil count (cells/ml)* 0.44 (0.36 to 0.53) 0.35 (0.26 to 0.47) 0.25 (0.19 to 0.33) ,0.005 *Presented as geometric mean and 95% CI. ANOVA, analysis of variance; NO, nitric oxide; sReff, specific effective airway resistance. Poster presentations Thorax 2008;63(Suppl VII):A74–A160 A117 group.bmj.com on September 8, 2017 Published by http://thorax.bmj.com/ Downloaded from
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