Table 5.
Inflammatory cell counts in blood and proportions in sputum at baseline of subjects with asthma in the ATLANTIS study, stratified by sex
| Female patients with asthma | Male patients with asthma | P value | |
| N | 450 | 323 | |
| Blood cell counts | |||
| Blood cell counts available, n | 450 (100%) | 317 (98.1%) | |
| Eosinophils 109/L (median (IQR)) | 0.22 (0.12, 0.37) | 0.24 (0.16, 0.38) | 0.088 |
| Neutrophils 109/L (median (IQR)) | 3.80 (3.04, 4.89) | 3.56 (2.86, 4.41) | 0.014 |
| Monocytes 109/L (median (IQR)) | 0.44 (0.36, 0.54) | 0.50 (0.40, 0.60) | <0.001 |
| Sputum cell proportions | |||
| Sputum cell proportions available, n (%) | 116 (25.8%) | 112 (34.7%) | |
| Bronchial cells % (median (IQR)) | 1.50 (0.68, 4.03) | 1.85 (1.00, 3.95) | 0.165 |
| Lymphocytes, % (median (IQR)) | 0.70 (0.30, 1.52) | 0.50 (0.30, 1.22) | 0.230 |
| Eosinophils, % (median (IQR)) | 0.50 (0.00, 1.93) | 0.40 (0.10, 4.00) | 0.433 |
| Macrophages, % (median (IQR)) | 38.30 (19.02, 60.80) | 33.85 (18.00, 57.12) | 0.669 |
| Neutrophils, % (median (IQR)) | 50.50 (26.17, 71.50) | 52.40 (31.18, 70.43) | 0.968 |