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Table 2 Nigericin stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with severe and non-severe asthma, Spearman correlation coefficients between IL-1β release and key clinical characteristics

From: Characterization and inhibition of inflammasome responses in severe and non-severe asthma

 

Media (2 h) + 

Nigericin (1 h)

Media (4 h) + Nigericin (1 h)

BMI

r = − 0.14

P = 0.190

r = − 0.11

P = 0.299

ACQ-6, mean

r = 0.12

P = 0.258

r = 0.01

P = 0.892

Sputum eosinophils, %

r = − 0.11

P = 0.398

r = 0.05

P = 0.681

Sputum eosinophils total

r = 0.12

P = 0.352

r = 0.15

P = 0.253

Sputum neutrophils, %

r = 0.27

P = 0.030

r = 0.39

P = 0.001

Sputum neutrophils, total

r = 0.35

P = 0.006

r = 0.39

P = 0.002

FEV1preb2pp

r = − 0.24

P = 0.022

r = − 0.18

P = 0.088

FVCpreb2pp

r = − 0.21

P = 0.041

r = − 0.17

P = 0.095

FEV1/FVC, %

r = − 0.11

P = 0.303

r = − 0.16

P = 0.130

  1. ACQ-6 Asthma Control Questionnaire-6, BMI Body Mass Index, FEV1preb2pp Pre-Bronchodilator % Predicted FEV1, FVCpreb2pp Pre-Bronchodilator % Predicted FVC; r Spearman rho