Pulmonary effects of passive smoking: the Indian experience

Table 1 Indices of asthma control (per patient in the preceding 1 year) in ETS exposed and unexposed asthmatic patients

	Group 1 (n = 100)	Group 2 (n = 100)
Emergency department visits	0.6	0.82*
Hospitalization	0.33	0.34
Acute episodes	0.6	1.32*
Parenteral bronchodilators (no.)	6.0	8.6*
Absence from work (weeks)	3.0	3.6*
Steroid requirement (weeks)	8.6	11.3*
Bronchodilators requirement (weeks)	36.3	38.3

* p < 0.01; Group 1 = Not exposed to ETS; Group 2 = Exposed to ETS (Reproduced with permission from reference 33).

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