Table 3 Associations of the baseline test results with the magnitude and the speed of the budesonide response (N = 39)

Saline CDR

Rs = -0.09, p = 0.59

Rs = 0.12, p = 0.45

Nitric oxide level

Rs = 0.37, p = 0.020

Rs = -0.31, p = 0.055

Histamine RDR^a

Rs = 0.47, p = 0.003

Rs = -0.49, p = 0.002

FEV₁

Rs = -0.16, p = 0.32

Rs = 0.23, p = 0.17

FEV₁ rise after salbutamol

Rs = 0.10, p = 0.55

Rs = -0.12, p = 0.48

Mean PEF variation

Rs = 0.18, p = 0.28

Rs = -0.21, p = 0.19