Agreement between self-reported asthma symptoms and exhaled nitric oxide levels: impact on inhaled corticosteroid prescribing in general practice. An observational study

Table 4 Change in treatment by current medication type

	ICS dosage
	None		ICS only		Low dose combination		Medium/high dose combination
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
No change in treatment	0	0.0	5	45.5	10	62.5	13	72.2
Increase in dosage	19	100.0	6	54.5	6	37.5	5	27.8

As there was only single case with a decreased medication dosage, it was excluded from the analysis. The difference in the distribution is statistically significant as assessed by Chi square test (χ²(3) = 23.006)

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