Factors attributable to the level of exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children

Table 1 Comparison of selected parameters in subgroups of asthmatic children and healthy controls.

	FeNO (ppb)	eCO (ppm)	ACT (score)	Serum IgE (U/ml)	Eosinophils (10⁹/l)	Eosinophils (%)
BA	25.2 ± 1.8	1.0 ± 0.1	22.7 ± 0.2	234.4 ± 46.3	0.41 ± 0.12	4.0 ± 0.3
BA acute	63.0 ± 8.6*** †††	1.2 ± 0.2†	20.6 ± 0.8**	503.2 ± 136.7***†††	0.46 ± 0.15†††	5.2 ± 1.4††
BA stable	20.1 ± 1.3	1.0 ± 0.1†	22.9 ± 0.2	200.5 ± 23.2†	0.40 ± 0.12††	3.8 ± 0.2††
BA atopic	31.2 ± 2.8***††	1.0 ± 0.1†	22. 6 ± 0.3	285.9 ± 41.1***†††	0.52 ± 0.18**†††	4.8 ± 0.4**†††
BA non-atopic	14.9 ± 1.6	1.1 ± 0.1†	23.4 ± 0.3	115.8 ± 26.4	0.28 ± 0.10††	2.9 ± 0.3
BA isolated	20.5 ± 2.7	0.9 ± 0.1	22.8 ± 0.4	204.2 ± 0.4†	0.28 ± 0.05††	3.8 ± 0.5††
BA + ARC	27.3 ± 2.3**††	1.1 ± 0.¹††	22.6 ± 0.3	247.3 ± 33.5††	0.47 ± 0.16†††	4.1 ± 0.3††
Controls	12.4 ± 1.2	0.4 ± 0.2	---	31.8 ± 4.8	0.14 ± 0.02	2.2 ± 0.3

FeNO - fractioned exhaled nitric oxide, eCO - exhaled carbon monoxide, ACT - asthma control test, BA - bronchial asthma, ARC - allergic rhinoconjunctivitis; Comparison between two asthmatic subgroups: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; Comparison between asthmatic subgroup and healthy controls: †P < 0.05, ††P < 0.01, †††P < 0.001.

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