Table 1

Patient details and history (study 1)

Patient no.	Sex	Age (years)	Asthma medications^1-1	History of wine sensitivity^1-2	Sulfite sensitive history^1-3	Baseline FEV₁ (l)	Baseline FEV₁ (% pred)	Positive high sulfite challenge
1	F	30	ba	champ, wh	Y	2.58	76.6	N
2	F	26	ba, bc	red, wh,ch	Y	3.53	99.4	Y
3	F	52	ba	red, wh, champ, ch	Y	2.13	74.5	N
4	F	31	ba	red, wh, champ	Y	3.18	97.8	Y
5	F	28	ba, bu	red, wh	N	3.22	97.2	N
6	M	30	ba	wh, ch	N	4.81	106.7	N
7	F	28	ba	red, wh, champ	N	3.26	105.2	N
8	M	28	ba	red	N	3.34	80.1	N
9	F	30	ba	red, wh, champ, ch	N	3.81	108.2	N
10	F	53	ba, bc	red, wh	N	2.56	944.5	N^1-4
11	M	43	ba, sm, bc	red, wh	N	3.65	95.5	N
12	F	27	ba, bu	red, wh, champ	Y	1.85	61.6	Y
13	F	44	ba, bc, sm	wh, champ	Y	2.24	80.0	N
14	F	54	ba	red, wh, champ, ch	Y	2.51	97.7	N
15	F	45	ba, bc	red, wh, champ	Y	2.12	84.8	N
16	M	35	ba, bu	red, wh	N	3.48	84.9	N
17	F	46	ba, bu	red, wh, ch	N	1.90	86.4	N
18	F	24	ba	red, wh, ch	Y	2.73	70.0	Y
19	F	48	ba, bc	wh	N	2.10	84.0	N
20	F	60	ba, bc, th	wh, ch	N	1.63	65.2	N^1-4
21	F	38	ba	wh, champ, ch	N	2.86	81.7	N
22	F	30	ba, bc	wh	N	2.56	80.0	N
23	F	41	ba	wh, ch	N	1.91	70.7	N
24	F	40	ba, th	wh, ch	N	1.44	60.0	ND^1-5

FEV₁ = forced expiratory volume in one second; % pred = percentage of predicted value; ND = not studied.
↵1-1 ba = β₂ adrenoceptor agonists; bc = beclomethasone; bu = budesonide; cr = cromoglycate; sm = salmeterol; ip = ipratropium bromide; th =theophylline.
↵1-2 red = red wine; wh = white wine; champ = champagne; ch = cheap wine.
↵1-3 Patients presenting with a history suggestive of a sensitivity to sulfite additives.
↵1-4 Patients exhibiting a positive response to both high sulfite and sulfite-free wine challenge.
↵1-5 Patient not studied, minimum lung function criteria not met.