Near Fatal Asthma: Clinical and Airway Biopsy Characteristics

Table 1

Patients’ demographics. Data are presented as frequency (percent) or as mean ± standard deviation (𝑛).

	NFE I group	ME II group*	NFE II group*
Males	4/9=44%	20/41=48.8%	17/35=48%
Age (years)	48.5±15(9)	48±15(34)	50±16(24)
Race	𝑛=9	𝑛=39	𝑛=34
African-American	1(11.1%)	14(35.9%)	7(20.6%)
Caucasian	2(22.2%)	6(15.4%)	4(11.8%)
Hispanic	5(55.6%)	14(35.9%)	16(47%)
Asian	1(11.1%)	5(12.8%)	7(20.6%)
Smoking history	1/9(11%)	12/28(43%)	8/26(31%)
Pack/years		10±3.5(4)	8.5±6(3)
Years with asthma	21.5±9(9)	17±14(21)	13±9.5(23)

^∗𝑃 values between NFE II and ME II groups for age, sex, race, smoking habit, pack/years of smoking, and years with asthma: nonsignificant.