Table 3: Montelukast 10 mg-12 weeks post treatment: Young adults Vs. Older adults.

Finding Young Adults:
18-59 Years
(n = 74) 		Older Adults:
≥ 60 Years
(n = 30) 		Overall
(n = 104) 		p
n % n % n %
Last month treatment schedule includes corticosteroids 43 58.1 11 36.7 54 51.9 0.047
Use of rescue inhaled B2 last month 41 55.4 10 33.3 51 49.0 0.041
Attended the emergency room in the last month for asthma 7 9.5 2 6.7 9 8.7 0.64
Wheezing in the consultation 24 32.4 6 20 30 28.9 0.2
p50 IQR p50 IQR p50 IQR p
Attacks in the last month 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.17
Symptom-free days in the last month 24 10.0 27 10.0 24.5 10.0 0.6

p50: 50th percentile; IQR: Interquartile range (p75-p25); p: p value.