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symptoms. Steroid response was significantly greater in those with the higher exhaled NO<br />

levels (> a7ppb) independent <strong>of</strong> the original diagnostic label (asthma, COPD or chronic<br />

bronchitis) (Smith, Cowan et al. 2005). A similar study evaluated 95 patients presenting with<br />

respiratory symptoms in which 40 were subsequently diagnosed as asthmatic. A baseline<br />

value <strong>of</strong> NO at >7ppb best differentiated between asthmatics and non-asthmatics with a<br />

sensitivity <strong>of</strong> 82.5Vo and a specificity <strong>of</strong> 88.9Vo. <strong>The</strong> generated receiver-operated curves<br />

(ROC) gave a value for exhaled NO <strong>of</strong> 0.89, similar to both methacholine and adenosine-S<br />

monophosphate challenges, better than lung function or exercise testing (Berkman, Avital et<br />

al. 2005). In 50 consecutive subjects being screened for exercise induced bronchospasm,<br />

exhaled NO at

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