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Table 1 Summary of demographic and baseline characteristics of randomized patients

From: Efficacy and safety of ipratropium bromide/albuterol compared with albuterol in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma: a randomized controlled trial

Total No. of randomized patients, no (%)

226 (100)

Female, no. (%)

130 (57.5)

Race, no. (%)

White

174 (77)

Black African/Asian

44 (19.5)

Other

8 (3.5)

Age, mean (SD)

47.1 (13.7)

Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD)

31.1 (6.7)

Smoking history, no. (%)

Never smoked

163 (72.1)

Ex-smoker

63 (27.9)

Characteristics

 FEV1 (L), mean (SD)

2.075 (0.630)

 % predicted FEV1, mean (SD)

63.4 (11.3)

 FEV1/FVC (%), mean (SD)

64.4 (10.3)

 FEV1 reversibility (%), mean (SD)

25.7 (15.6)

 ACQ score, mean (SD)

2.46 (0.57)

 Mini-AQLQ score, mean (SD)

4.52 (1.04)

 Open-label albuterol usea, mean (SD)

3.63 (1.62)

 Controller: ICS + LABA during the cross-over phase (%)

160 (70.8)

 Controller: ICS (low doseb) (%)

52 (23.0)

 Controller: ICS (medium doseb) (%)

157 (69.5)

 Controller: ICS (high doseb) (%)

17 (7.5)

  1. ACQ asthma control questionnaire (7-point scale), AQLQ asthma quality of life questionnaire, FEV 1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, ICS inhaled corticosteroid, LABA long acting β2-agonist
  2. aWeekly mean puffs albuterol/day
  3. bDose either as ICS monotherapy (low-dose ICS, <320 μg: 9/52 patients [17 %]; medium-dose ICS, >320 – <800 μg: 63/157 patients [40 %]; high-dose ICS, >800 μg: 1/17 patients [6 %]), or ICS component of combination ICS/LABA therapy (low-dose ICS component: 43/52 patients [83 %]; medium-dose ICS component: 94/157 patients [60 %]; high-dose ICS component: 16/17 patients [94 %])