Prediction of Asthma Exacerbation: Does Breath Acidity Perform Better than FeNO?
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296 The Relationship of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO) and Acute Exacerbation of Childhood Asthma
value of FeNO, which was defined as the value of 95% in distribution curve, was same or less than 34 ppb. In a univariate analysis, FeNO levels were not associated with age, BMI and smoking history. However, atopy status (18.2 6 11.8 for atopy and 15.16 8.5 for nonatopy groups, P 1⁄4 0.008) and gender (17.8 6 10.2 for male and 14.8 6 9.8 for female groups, P , 0.001) were positively associated ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1423-0356,0025-7931
DOI: 10.1159/000262749