Fig. 5
From: Cluster analysis of sputum cytokine-high profiles reveals diversity in T(h)2-high asthma patients
Lung function and airway inflammatory parameters of steroid-naive asthmatics. Steroid-naive asthmatics are divided into 6 clusters: cluster I: n = 2, IL-5-high and IL-17 F-high; cluster II: n = 2, IL-5-high or IL-10-high and IL-17 F-low; cluster III: n = 5, IL-4-high; cluster IV: n = 10, IL-4-high and IL-13-high; cluster V: n = 3, IL-22-high; cluster VI: n = 20. Data are represented as mean ± standard deviation (a-b) or median ± interquartile range (c-e). FEV1% predicted levels of each cluster were compared to the mean of the total group (*: p < 0.05)