Healthy control | Persistent wheeze | Transient wheeze | |
Subjects | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Age at inclusion yrs | 6.0±0.5 | 6.0±0.5 | 5.7±0.5 |
Wheezing at age >3 yrs | 0/7 | 8/8 | 0/6 |
Medication# | |||
Bronchodilators | 0/7 | 7/8 | 1/6 |
Steroids | 0/7 | 6/8 | 0/6 |
Atopy | 0/7 | 3/8 | 1/6 |
Eczema | 0/7 | 3/8 | 3/6 |
Neither atopy nor eczema | 7/7 | 2/8 | 3/6 |
Family history of atopy/asthma¶ | 0/7 | 5/7+ | 4/6 |
Data are presented as mean±sd or absolute numbers. #: use at time of blood sampling; ¶: in first-degree relatives; +: data missing for one patient.