Table 1.

Eosinophilia in the nasal mucosa

	Eosinophils*	Mucosal thickness†
Placebo	142·8 ± 7·9	0·88 ± 0·05
ML 2·5 mg/kg	107·8 ± 5·9‡	0·87 ± 0·04
ML 5 mg/kg	98·2 ± 8·6‡	0·97 ± 0·07

^*Cell number/0·01 mm².

^†mm².

^‡P < 0·01 compared with the placebo group.

ML, montelukast.