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Table 2 Maintenance drugs taken by the study population

From: Increasing the accuracy of the asthma diagnosis using an operational definition for asthma and a machine learning method

Variables

N (%)

ICS/LABA

235 (66.6%)

ICS

30 (8.5%)

LABA

5 (1.4%)

LAMA

83 (23.5%)

LABA/LAMA

26 (7.4%)

SAMA

8 (2.3%)

SABA

58 (16.4%)

Xanthine derivatives

81 (22.9%)

LTRA

184 (52.1%)

Systemic beta agonist

17 (4.8%)

Systemic corticosteroid

27 (7.6%)

  1. ICS Inhaled corticosteroid, LABA Long-acting beta2-agonist, LAMA Long-acting muscarinic antagonist, LTRA Leukotriene receptor antagonist, SABA Short-acting beta2-agonist, SAMA Short-acting muscarinic antagonist