Table 3

Airway and systemic differences between corticosteroids

500 μg/day FLU-HFA v BEC-HFA1000 μg/day FLU-HFA v BEC-HFA
Values for primary outcome variables are shown as geometric mean fold differences (95% CI) between FLU-HFA and BEC-HFA. 95% CI which exclude unity indicate a significant (p<0.05) difference.
Methacholine PD201.32 (0.71 to 2.45)1.69 (0.94 to 3.04)
Overnight urinary cortisol/creatinine1.22 (0.87 to 1.72)1.97 (1.28 to 3.02)