Table 3 Summary of Respiratory Adverse Events
From: Long-term (5 year) safety of bronchial thermoplasty: Asthma Intervention Research (AIR) trial
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of subjects | BT | 45 a | 45 | 43 | 43 | 42 |
Control | 24a | 24 | 21 | -- b | -- b | |
Number of subjects reporting (Percent of subjects) | BT | 38 (84%) | 24 (53%) | 24 (56%) | 23 (53%) | 22 (52%) |
Control | 18 (75%) | 13 (54%) | 12 (57%) | -- | -- | |
Events per subject | BT | 4.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Control | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | -- | -- |