Table 3.

Partial Correlation Between Airway Inflammation Marker mRNA Expression in Induced Sputum and the Eosinophilic Phenotype* After Adjustment for Age and Cough

	Coeff	p
CC16	−0.363	0.045
MMP9		0.152
A1AR		0.366
RON		0.485
IFNγ		0.700
LTB4R		0.394
miR-21		0.910
miR-155		0.772

Note: *Eosinophilic phenotype: a sample with ≥3% eosinophil.