TABLE 2

Nasopharyngeal rhinovirus (RV) colonisation and treatment in the asthmatic group#

–RV+RV
NS40 (2/5)60 (3/5)
S+NS58 (11/19)42 (8/19)
46 (11/24)54 (13/24)
NS: 27 (3/11)S+NS: 73 (8/11)NS: 15 (2/13)S+NS: 85 (11/13)

Data are presented as % (n/N). NS: nonsteroid treatment; S: steroid treatment. #: in the top two rows the children are subdivided first in accordance with their treatment and then by RV colonisation; in the bottom two rows the children are subdivided first in accordance with RV colonisation and then by treatment.