Table 1 Age and gender breakdown of patients receiving BFC therapy for asthma on index prescription
Patient characteristics | SMART dosing instructions (N=173) | Maintenance dosing instructions (N=14,645) | ||
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N | % | N | % | |
Age (years) | ||||
18–25 | 23 | 13.3 | 1,179 | 8.1 |
26–44 | 67 | 38.7 | 4,637 | 31.7 |
45–64 | 58 | 33.5 | 5,778 | 39.5 |
⩾65 | 25 | 14.5 | 3,051 | 20.8 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 109 | 63.0 | 9,148 | 62.5 |
Male | 64 | 37.0 | 5,497 | 37.5 |