No asthma(n = 1100) | Allergic asthma(n = 103) | p value | Non-allergic asthma(n = 86) | p value | |
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p values relate to comparison with non-asthmatic subjects. | |||||
Age | 41.6 (7.2) | 40.5 (7.3) | 0.27 | 43.3 (7.4) | 0.11 |
Women | 51.2 | 43.7 | 0.15 | 75.6 | <0.0001 |
Smoking history | 0.005 | 0.52 | |||
Never smokers | 42.1 | 56.3 | 44.2 | ||
Ex-smokers | 30.1 | 29.1 | 24.4 | ||
Smokers | 27.8 | 14.6 | 31.4 | ||
BMI | 25.4 (4.1) | 26.1 (4.7) | 0.38 | 26.5 (4.7) | 0.09 |