Table 2 Asthmatic donors demographics
Airway fibroblasts | Parenchymal fibroblasts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-asthmatic | Asthmatic | P value | Non-asthmatic | Asthmatic | p value | |
Total N | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | ||
Sex (M/F) | 5/3 | 3/6 | 0.6193 | 7/2 | 3/5 | 0.1534 |
Age (mean ± SEM) | 33.5 ± 8.166 | 17.67 ± 2.95 | 0.0754 | 27.11 ± 5.978 | 18.75 ± 3.06 | 0.2566 |
Smoking status (non/ex/current) | 4/2/2 | 7/0/2 | 0.2505 | 5/1/3 | 6/0/2 | 0.5389 |
Bronchodilator (Y/N) | NA | 6/3 | N/A | 5/3 | ||
Inhaled steroid (Y/N) | N/A | 1/8 | N/A | 1/7 | ||
Oral steroid | N/A | 1/8 | N/A | 1/7 | ||
Fatal asthma (Y/N) | N/A | 6/3 | N/A | 8/3 | ||