Table 3 Parameters of the three participants who reported a disappearance of asthma symptoms at follow-up.

From: Longitudinal follow-up of the asthma status in a French–Canadian cohort

 

Sex

Asthma

Age

BMI

Atopy

Smoker

PC20

BD %

FEV1, % pred

FEV1/FVC

Recruitment

Recruitment/follow-up

1

M

Yes

43/58

23.67/24.88

Yes/yes

E-S/E-S

8.87/1.05

0/17.14

107/105

0.68/0.66

2

F

Yes

46/64

24.34/23.53

Yes/yes

N-S/E-S

49.10/52.71

0/4.29

90/70

0.77/0.72

3

M

Yes

45/65

28.41/32.22

No/no

E-S/E-S

11.5/NA

3.17/3.81

98/105

0.83/0.73

  1. BMI body mass index (kg/m2), BD bronchodilator response, E-S ex-smoker, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity, N-S non-smoker, NA not available, PC20 provocative concentration for a 20% decrease in FEV1, S smoker.
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