Table 7 Clinical features of asthma in older women according to rs368234815 genotypes in the Polish cohort.

From: A functional IFN-λ4-generating DNA polymorphism could protect older asthmatic women from aeroallergen sensitization and associate with clinical features of asthma

Variable

Genotype

p-value

TT/TT

TT/ΔG + ΔG/ΔG

Age (years)

66 + /− 8,2

68,3 ± 9,9

0.156

age at asthma diagnosis (years)

47,3 ± 15,2

50,5 ± 18

0.253

asthma duration (years)

18,8 ± 14,4

18,6 ± 17,6

0.954

ACT sum (points)

17 ± 5,2

17,5 ± 5,7

0.574

MRC (points)

2,7 ± 0,9

2,6 ± 1

0.471

FeNO (ppb)

32,4 ± 27

24,7 ± 15,1

0.098

BMI

28,6 ± 5,3

27,5 ± 4,1

0.199

FEV1% pred.

76,4 ± 25

70,7 ± 25,4

0.189

FVC% pred.

89,8 ± 21,2

85,9 ± 25,4

0.345

FEV1%/FVC%

68,5 ± 14,5

67 ± 12,5

0.507

  1. Values are presented as arithmetic means ± SD.
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