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Table 1 Geometric mean FeNO levels (ppb) in Mylar bags immediately after collection by subjects’ demographic and health characteristics

From: Storage conditions for stability of offline measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide after collection for epidemiologic research

 

n

Geometric mean

(95% confidence interval)

p value

Total

48

33.4

(28.4, 39.3)

 

Sex

 Male

22

37.3

(28.8, 48.5)

0.221

 Female

26

30.4

(24.9, 37.1)

 

Age (years)

 <40

20

31.9

(26.1, 39.0)

0.585

 ≥40

28

34.6

(27.2, 43.9)

 

Wheezing

 Yes

8

57.7

(36.2, 91.8)

0.002

 No

40

30.0

(25.7, 34.9)

 

Allergic rhinitis or pollinosis

 Yes

20

33.5

(26.3, 42.7)

0.973

 No

28

33.3

(27.3, 40.6)

 

Cigarette Smoking

 Never

33

33.9

(28.1, 41.0)

0.102

 Ever

9

41.7

(26.5, 65.6)

 

 Current

6

22.0

(18.3, 26.5)

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