Serum Fructosamine, Total Cholesterol, and High-Density Lipoprotein in Children with Asthma during Glucocorticoid Treatment

Table 1

Demographics presented as mean (range).

	Prednisolone trial	Budesonide trial
Number	20	17
Sex	M: 17; F: 3	M: 12; F: 5
Age/years	10.9 (7.7 to 13.8)	9.4 (7.2 to 13.4)
Tanner puberty stage	17 prepubertal; 3 boys stage III	16 prepubertal; 1 girl stage II
Height/cm	144.0 (112.0 to 175.0)	135.7 (114.3 to 157.6)
Weight/kg	37.2 (19.4 to 59.5)	33.1 (19.7 to 53.6)
Body mass index/kg/m^2	17.5 (13.7 to 21.2)	17.5 (14.4 to 23.2)
BMI SDS	0.3 (−1.8 to 1.7)	0.7 (−1.2 to 3.8)