Adolescents’ characteristics
A total of 44 adolescents were screened; two terminated their
participation in the study, and one experienced exacerbated symptoms
before the 2nd visit (Figure 1). Most of the
adolescents were male and had a normal weight, controlled asthma
(ACT≥20), early-onset asthma, and atopic conditions (Table 1). The
adolescents in the FAO group reported more previous asthma
hospitalizations, more cases of early-onset asthma, and more cases of
atopic conditions. Besides, they presented poorer lung function
(FEV1 and FEV1/FVC ratio), and a poorer
BD response than did the non-FAO group (p<0.05, Table 1). On
the other hand, no significant differences were observed between FAO and
non-FAO groups in terms of sex, BMI, inhaled corticosteroid dose, ACT
score, blood eosinophils, and FVC % of the predicted value
(p>0.05, Table 1).
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