In a study to explore the possibility of hormonal alteration in asthma, Weinstein et al. (A-54)

collected data on 22 postmenopausal women with asthma and 22 age-matched, postmenopausal, women without asthma. The following are the dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) values collected by the investigators:

Without Asthma With Asthma Without Asthma With Asthma 20.59 87.50 15.90 166.02 37.81 111.52 49.77 129.01 76.95 143.75 25.86 31.02 77.54 25.16 55.27 47.66 19.30 68.16 33.83 171.88 35.00 136.13 56.45 241.88 146.09 89.26 19.91 235.16 166.02 96.88 24.92 25.16 96.58 144.34 76.37 78.71 24.57 97.46 6.64 111.52 53.52 82.81 115.04 54.69