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Table 1 Sample Characteristics (All Subjects Are Caucasian)

From: Genome Wide Association Study to predict severe asthma exacerbations in children using random forests classifiers

 

Training Population N = 417

Testing Population N = 164

 

Exac.

Non-exac.

Exac.

Non-exac.

Subjects

127 (30%)

290 (70%)

50 (30%)

114 (70%)

Age (mean ± s.d.)

8.41 ± 2.07

8.89 ± 2.07

8.54 ± 2.28

9.45 ± 2.19

Male

69%

61%

46%

53%

FEV1% (mean ± s.d.)

92.9 ± 15.7

93.5 ± 13.2

95.4 ± 17.1

95.4 ± 13.5

Treatment

    

   Budesonide

20%

31%

36%

32%

   Nedocromil

28%

29%

30%

32%

   Placebo

52%

39%

34%

36%