Table 3.

Exacerbation Management and Outcomes Stratified by Peripheral Eosinophils Less Than or Greater Than 2%

	High Eosinophils ≥2% n = 122	Low Eosinophils <2% n = 284	P value
Inpatient Management
Antibiotics	84 (68.9)	234 (82.4)	0.002
Systemic corticosteroids	97 (79.5)	216 (76.1)	0.448
Oral corticosteroids	94 (77.0)	202 (71.1)	0.218
Intravenous corticosteroids	21 (17.2)	65 (22.9)	0.200
Oxygen	43 (35.2)	133 (46.8)	0.036
ICU	6 (4.9)	18 (6.3)	0.578
Non-invasive ventilation	5 (4.1)	14 (4.9)	0.711
Invasive ventilation	1 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	0.127
Clinical Outcomes
Length of stay, days	3.56 (3.05)	4.40 (4.23)	0.047
Inpatient mortality	1 (0.8)	9 (3.2)	0.161
12-month mortality	5 (4.1)	21 (7.4)	0.214

Note: Data presented as median (IQR) or number (%) unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit.