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Table 3 Enrolment CRF Objective Measures

From: Protocol for the Wessex AsThma CoHort of difficult asthma (WATCH): a pragmatic real-life longitudinal study of difficult asthma in the clinic

Investigations

Including

Blood Tests

Full blood count, serum total IgE, (as well as any other clinically requested samples)

Lung Function Test

Spirometry +/− reversibility (as well as any other clinically requested tests), fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO)

Anthropometry

Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), bioelectrical impedance

Biobank Samples

Blood, urine, induced sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), bronchial brushings and biopsies