Asthma Control and Asthma Medication Use among Swedish Elite Endurance Athletes

Table 4

Bivariate analyses comparing ACT scores and levels of the control based on ACT scores between Swedish elite endurance athletes and a reference group of patients with current asthma who have never smoked.

	Athletes	References	value
ACT score, mean (SD)	22.2 (2.9)	21.0 (4.0)	0.004
Uncontrolled^1	19 (19)	81 (34)	0.005
Partially controlled^2	24 (24)	57 (23)	0.965
Well controlled^3	59 (58)	102 (42)	0.009

The data are presented as n (%); significant values are shown in bold; ¹ACT score ≤ 19; ²ACT score 20–21; ³ACT score ≥ 22; ACT, Asthma Control Test; SD, standard deviation.