Subject information parameters | Healthy controls | Bronchial asthma groups | ||
Mild persistent (Group I) | Moderate persistent (Group II) | Severe persistent (Group III) | ||
Age (years) | 31.13 ± 9.79 | 31.93 ± 8.97 | 35.93 ± 10.46 | 34.53 ± 11.38 |
(Range) | (19 - 52) | (18 - 48) | (20 - 54) | (19 - 53) |
Sex | ||||
Male | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Female | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
Duration of illness | - | 1.60 ± 1.52 | 3.52 ± 3.30 | 5.33 ± 3.27 |
(Range) | - | (2 months - 6 years) | (6 months - 10 years) | (1 - 11 years) |
Family history of asthma | ||||
Positive | None | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Absent | 13 | 13 | 14 | |
Diet | ||||
Vegetarian | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Non-vegetarian | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
FEV1% predicted | - | 84.20 ± 3.28 | 71.40 ± 6.16 | 51.0 ± 5.75 |
(Range) | (80 - 89) | (61 - 78) | (36 - 57) | |
FEV1/FVC% predicted | - | 88.60 ± 7.87 | 84.66 ± 10.8 | 69.26 ± 10.79 |
(Range) | (80.73 - 96.47) | (73.86 - 95.46) | (58.47 - 80.05) |