Clinical characteristics of patients, illustrating risk factors for asthma and wheeze severity
| Patients n | 47 |
| Age months | 26 (5–58) |
| Sex males | 25 (53) |
| Hospital admissions for acute wheeze | 41 (87) |
| Number of admissions per patient# | 3.5 (1–>10) |
| Eczema | 22 (47) |
| Parental asthma | 18 (38) |
| Symptoms only with colds | 11 (23) |
| Patients on inhaled steroids at time of investigations | 28 (60) |
| Daily dose of inhaled steroids (budesonide equivalent) µg | 400 (100–2000) |
Data are presented as median (range) or n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: Actual number of admissions not recorded if >10.