Table 2 Correlations between sputum inflammatory cells and sputum inflammatory mediators in asthma patients
From: Anti-inflammatory deficiencies in neutrophilic asthma: reduced galectin-3 and IL-1RA/IL-1β
Total cells (×10 6 /mL) | Neutrophils (×10 6 /mL) | Macrophages (×10 6 /mL) | Lymphocytes (×10 6 /mL) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Log gal-3 | -0.333# | -0.412* | NS | -0.278# |
Log gal-3BP | 0.488* | 0.378# | 0.361# | 0.254# |
Log IL-1β | 0.599* | 0.607* | NS | 0.425* |
Log IL-8 | 0.520* | 0.521* | NS | 0.439* |
Log IL-6 | 0.380# | 0.338# | 0.232# | 0.255# |