Table 1 summarizes the characteristics of the participants. The
number of the eligible asthmatic patients recruited into the study
was 121 with 48 males and 73 females. Their median age was
53 years with a range of 13–78 years. Their mean
±
SD of height
was 158.7
±
8.6 cm and that of weight was 59.2
±
12.6 kg. The asthmatic
severity was categorized as mild intermittent 16 (13.2%),
mild persistent 47 (38.8%), moderate persistent 51 (42.2%), and
severe persistent 7 (5.8%).