1. a) Total Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) score over 12 months after treatment with bronchial thermoplasty (BT) in the per protocol population and b) mean±sem healthcare utilisation events during the post-treatment period.
a) Total Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) score over 12 months after treatment with bronchial thermoplasty (BT) in the per protocol population and b) mean±sem healthcare utilisation events during the post-treatment period. Severe exacerbations were defined as exacerbations requiring treatment with systemic corticosteroids or doubling of the inhaled corticosteroids dose. #: Posterior probability of superiority 97.9%; ¶: posterior probability of superiority 95.5%; +: posterior probability of superiority 99.9%. Reproduced from [15] with permission from the publisher.
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