Table 2

 Characteristics of healthy, healthy atopic, and atopic asthmatic subjects recruited to study

Healthy(n = 24)Healthy atopic(n = 10)Atopic asthmatic(n = 9)
SPT = skin prick test; FeNO = fraction of expired nitric oxide.
Age (years)1012.58
M/F11/135/56/3
Median (range) SPT0 (0–0)4 (1–4)4 (1–7)
Median (range) FeNO10.75 (3.4–59.2)21.2 (5.3–190)13 (4.2–85)