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Table 3 Laboratory data in patients with severe asthma

From: Smoking, longer disease duration and absence of rhinosinusitis are related to fixed airway obstruction in Koreans with severe asthma: findings from the COREA study

Characteristics

FAO (n = 119)

RAO (n = 116)

P-value

Blood neutrophils,/uL

5161.3 ± 2807.0

4833.4 ± 2493.4

0.514

Blood eosinophils,/uL

320.7 ± 345.8

378.6 ± 373.9

0.468

Blood neutrophils, %

58.8 ± 14.4

57.0 ± 12.4

0.327

Blood eosinophils, %

4.1 ± 4.3

4.9 ± 5.2

0.308

Sputum neutrophils, %*

29.1 ± 24.5

29.2 ± 25.6

0.780

Sputum eosinophils, %*

16.4 ± 21.2

8.8 ± 14.3

0.168

Uric acid, mg/dL

5.4 ± 1.5

5.1 ± 1.6

0.500

CRP, mg/dL

0.8 ± 2.5

0.3 ± 0.7

0.170

Log IgE

2.1 ± 0.6

2.2 ± 0.6

0.475

  1. *Successful sputum counts were done in 64 subjects:
  2. 37 patients with FAO (n = 119), 27 patients with RAO (n = 116)
  3. Abbreviations:
  4. FAO, fixed airway obstruction; RAO, reversible airway obstruction; CRP, C-reactive protein
  5. Data are presented as mean ± SD.
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