Ā | Eosinophilic asthma | Neutrophilic asthma | Mixed granulocytic asthma | Paucigranulocytic asthma | Healthy subjects | p value (Kruskal- Wallis test) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sp. eosinophils ā„1.01Ā % | Sp. eosinophils <1.01Ā % | Sp. eosinophils ā„1.01Ā % | Sp. eosinophils <1.01Ā % | |||
Sp. neutrophils <76Ā % | Sp. neutrophils ā„76Ā % | Sp. neutrophils ā„76Ā % | Sp. neutrophils <76Ā % | |||
N (% of asthmatics) | 429 (51) | 106 (13) | 59 (7) | 239 (29) | 194 | - |
Sputum eosinophils | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
āx 103/g | 127 (38ā471)ā”* | 0 (0ā9)ā Ā§ | 77 (31ā380)ā”* | 0 (0ā5)ā”ā” | 0 (0ā2) | 0.0001 |
ā% of non-squamous cells | 11.8 (4.0ā30.8)ā”* | 0.0 (0.0ā0.5)ā Ā§ | 3.0 (1.8ā6.0)ā”*ā | 0.2 (0.0ā0.5) | 0.0 (0.0ā0.4) | 0.0001 |
Blood eosinophilsa | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
ā/Ī¼L | 289 (181ā444)ā”* | 123 (62ā220)ā Ā§ | 266 (126ā430)ā”* | 133 (78ā200) | 106 (68ā172) | 0.0001 |
ā% | 3.8 (2.4ā5.6)ā”* | 1.7 (0.9ā3.0)ā Ā§ | 2.9 (1.8ā5.6)ā”* | 1.9 (1.0ā2.7) | 1.8 (1.0ā3.0) | 0.0001 |