Baseline and clinical characteristics of subjects with bronchiectasis, with and without asthma
| Parameter | Bronchiectasis | Bronchiectasis with asthma | p-value |
| Age years | 55.7±13.38 | 52.0±11.54 | 0.002 |
| Sex male:female n | 86:163 | 78:136 | 0.668 |
| BMI kg·m−2 | 20.9±3.64 | 22.8±3.31 | <0.001 |
| Smoking | 15.3 | 19.2 | 0.266 |
| Duration of symptoms years | 15.1±14.50 | 11.7±14.58 | 0.001 |
| Previous pertussis | 5.2 | 2.3 | 0.109 |
| Previous tuberculosis | 12.0 | 8.9 | 0.269 |
| Previous anaphylactic rhinitis | 9.2 | 18.9 | 0.03 |
| Moist rales | 57.0 | 35.5 | <0.001 |
| Dry rales | 16.1 | 45.8 | <0.001 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolation | 29.3 | 19.7 | 0.022 |
| FEV1 L | 1.60±0.75 | 1.69±0.74 | 0.212 |
| FEV1 % pred | 61.4±23.17 | 63.3±24.02 | 0.418 |
| FVC L | 2.20±0.85 | 2.52±0.80 | <0.001 |
| FVC % pred | 69.3±20.12 | 78.0±18.52 | <0.001 |
| FEV1/FVC | 71.2±14.21 | 65.7±14.54 | <0.001 |
| Type | |||
| Cylindrical | 42.4 | 63.7 | |
| Cystic | 25.1 | 11.0 | |
| Mixed | 32.5 | 25.3 | <0.001 |
| Location | |||
| Unilateral | 20.2 | 15.1 | |
| Bilateral | 79.8 | 84.9 | 0.219 |
| Extent | |||
| Affected lobes n | 3.5±1.48 | 3.4±1.46 | 0.9 |
| Affected segments n | 7.5±3.80 | 8.0±3.96 | 0.317 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or %, unless otherwise stated. BMI: body mass index; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital capacity. Data presented in bold type are statistically significant.