Table 1—

Descriptive values for exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) and exhaled air temperature in the study group

Subjects neNOPETPLETnPETnPLET
Whole group 52
 mean±sem15.0±1.332.4±0.231.1±0.310.1±0.38.8±0.3
 median (Q1;Q3)13.2 (9.9; 8.9)32.5 (29.5; 33.4)29.9 (28.4;32.3)10.0 (9.2; 11.2)9.2 (7.5; 9.9)
Steroid-untreated 35
 mean±sem16.1±1.632.6±0.331.3±0.310.3±0.39.0±0.4
 median (Q1;Q3)13.2 (10.1; 19.7)32.6 (29.2; 33.8)31.4 (29.8; 32.4)10.1 (9.6; 11.3)9.3 (7.7; 10.1)
Steroid-treated 17
 mean±sem12.7±2.032.1±0.330.8±0.49.6±0.48.4±0.4
 median (Q1;Q3)10.6 (5.7; 15.4)32.5 (31.1; 33.1)31.2 (29.8; 32.3)9.5 (8.8; 10.8)9.2 (6.8; 9.8)
  • PET: peak expiratory temperature

  • PLET: plateau value at the end of expiratory

  • nPET: normalised PET

  • nPLET: normalised PLET

  • Q1: upper quatile

  • Q3: lower quatile