Treatment failure associated with initial ICS dose
| ICS dose | MD group (n = 52) | DD group (n = 46) | Total (n = 98) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | Treatment failure (%) | No | Yes | Treatment failure (%) | No | Yes | Treatment failure (%) | |
| MD = maintenance dose group; DD = double dose group. | |||||||||
| ⩽400 μg | 18 | 7 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 28 |
| >400 μg | 13 | 14 | 52 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 28 | 28 | 50 |