Clinical Study
Diagnosis of Asthma in Primary Health Care: A Pilot Study
Table 1
Age, sex, lung function, and classification of patients.
| | Group | Age median (range) | Sex
male/female | FEV1 % predicted mean (range) | FEV1 reversibility mean % (range) | PEF variability mean % (range) |
| (I) Asthma
| 44 (36–83) | 0/12 | 99 (76–123) | 6 (0–13) | 24 (8–52) | (II) Asthma-like
| 47 (19–76) | 3/16 | 103 (91–122) | 2 (0–8) | 10 (7–19) | (III) Idiopathic cough
| 50 (39–57) | 0/5 | 103 (95–107) | 3 (0–7) | 11 (2–15) | (IV) Nonreversible bronchial obstructive
| 59 (17–66) | 2/5 | 79 (73–86) | 4 (0–11) | 11 (5–16) |
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