Relationship between the severity of asthma# and having premenstrual asthma (PMA) according to different definitions
| Subjective PMA | Semi-objective PMA | ||
| Cycle 1 | Cycles 1 and 2 | ||
| GINA severity | |||
| Mild intermittent | 30.8 (12/39) | 25.6 (10/39) | 15.2 (5/33) |
| Mild persistent | 52.6 (10/19) | 78.9 (15/19) | 47.1 (8/17) |
| Moderate persistent | 75 (12/16) | 50 (8/16) | 25 (4/16) |
| Severe persistent | 37.9 (11/29) | 44.8 (13/29) | 15.6 (5/32) |
| Total | 43.7 (45/103) | 44.7 (46/103) | 22.3 (21/94) |
| Chi-squared p-value | 0.018 | 0.002 | 0.044 |
| Linear association p-value | 0.323 | 0.184 | 0.734 |
Data are presented as % (n/n), unless otherwise stated. #: Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2005 classification 7.