Research Article

The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Invigorating Kidney and Supplementing Qi Chinese Herbal Formulae in Asthma Patients

Table 4

Patient characteristics and demographics.

BSFCBSYQPlacebo value

Mean age, years (SD)47.43 (12.68)46.69 (12.87)46.64 (13.18)0.88
Sex, n (%)0.002
Male27 (26.47)40 (37.04)53 (50.96)
Female75 (73.53)68 (62.96)51 (49.04)
High, cm, mean (SD)161.32 (7.89)162.82 (8.11)163.58 (7.29)0.1
Weight, kg, mean (SD)62.27 (10.31)62.63 (10.19)62.85 (11.04)0.95
The number of asthmatic attacks in the last two years
First year, mean (SD)1.72 (0.87)1.61 (0.76)1.77 (0.87)0.33
Second year, mean (SD)1.68 (0.88)1.50 (0.56)1.52 (0.79)0.07
FEV1/FVC, predicted
FEV1 (%), mean (SD)80.72 (18.72)8.53 (20.31)79.11 (18.26)0.73
Mean (SD)76.77 (13.39)75.48 (16.56)75.17 (14.33)0.6
History of asthma0.42
Yes, (%)22 (21.57)28 (25.93)30 (28.85)
No, (%)80 (78.43)80 (74.07)74 (71.15)
Family history of allergic diseases0.52
Yes, (%)71 (69.61)72 (66.67)65 (62.50)
No, (%)31 (30.39)36 (33.33)39 (37.50)
Family history of eczema0.38
Yes, (%)0 (0.00)1 (0.93)0 (0.00)
No, (%)102 (100.0)107 (99.07)104 (100.0)
Family history of allergic rhinitis0.9
Yes, (%)8 (7.84)9 (8.33)7 (6.73)
No, (%)94 (92.16)99 (91.67)97 (93.27)
Life events0.36
Yes, (%)0 (0.00)1 (0.98)0 (0.00)
No, (%)96 (100)101 (99.02)90 (100)
Chest X-ray0.56
Normal, (%)74 (79.57)84 (81.55)71 (74.74)
Abnormal, (%)19 (20.43)19 (18.45)24 (25.26)