Table 1 Baseline characteristics* if study population.
From: Preliminary development of a questionnaire to measure the extra-pulmonary symptoms of severe asthma
Total sample = 100 | 63 females, 37 males |
Age, mean (range) | 54.19–81 |
FEV1% predicted | 69.7 (66.1–73.4) |
BMI | 31.6 (29.9–33.3) |
Number of severe exacerbations in the previous 12 months | 2.1 (1.4–2.7) |
Hospital admissions in the previous 12 months | 0.3 (0–0.8) |
Number (percent) on maintenance oral corticosteroids | 38 (38%) |
Number (percent) on biologic therapy | 32 (32%) |