Peripheral blood eosinophilia in adult asthmatic patients and its association with the severity of asthma

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 3 Comparison of eosinophilia with different background variables (Mann-Whitney test)

Variables	Category	Eosinophil count median (IQR)	p-value
Age	≤ 40	0.2(0.09–0.43	0.211
Age	> 40	0.18(0.07–0.4)	0.211
Family history of asthma	Yes	0.2(0.065–0.4)	0.134
Family history of asthma	No	0.16(0.07–0.4)	0.134
Asthma medication	Yes	0.2(0.075–0.4)	0.011*
Asthma medication	No	0.1(0.07–0.2)	0.011*
History of taking drugs other than asthma	Yes	0.12(0.04–0.4)	0.54
History of taking drugs other than asthma	No	0.2(0.1–0.4)	0.54
Comorbidities	Yes	0.19(0.1–0.4)	0.73
Comorbidities	No	0.2(0.06–0.4)	0.73
Admitted to ED	Yes	0.1(0.00–0.19)	0.0001*
Admitted to ED	No	0.2(0.1–0.4)	0.0001*
SC use	Yes	0.1(0.08–0.4)	0.47
SC use	No	0.2(0.035–0.36)	0.47
IP	Yes	0.3(0.1–0.4)	0.045*
IP	No	0.17(0.07–0.4)	0.045*

Note: IQR: Inter Quartile Range, ED: Emergency Department, SC: Systemic corticosteroids, IP: Intestinal parasite, * shows statistically significant association

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