Fig. 2

Lung function and airway inflammatory parameters. Asthmatics are divided into 5 clusters: cluster 1: n = 24, IL-5-high and IL-17 F-high; cluster 2: n = 15, IL-5-high and IL-17 F-low; cluster 3: n = 8, IL-6-high; cluster 25: n = 15, IL-22-high; cluster 5: n = 132. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation (a-c) or median ± interquartile range (d-f). Data are compared between the 5 clusters by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s Multiple comparison test (∞: p < 0.05). Data of each cluster was compared to the mean (a-c) or median (d-f) of the total group (*: p < 0.05, **:p < 0.01; ***:p < 0.001)