borderline significantp <0.07
p period, univariate analysis of baseline data interview to compare patients presenting an ME and those that did not showed significant differences in the number of previous MEs ( p <0.001), number of SEs, ( p <0.04), sex ( p <0.04), equivalent maintenance dose of inhaled steroids ( p <0.05), while borderline significant differences (included in the multivariate analysis) were found in BMI ( p <0.07) and postbronchodilator FEV1 ( p <0.09).