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Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of clinical data and gene expression

Clinical score	CD44	GM-CSF R α chain	GM-CSF Rβ chain	IL-3 R α chain	bcl-2	bcl-xL	PAF R
(a)
Total IgE (UA/ml)	−0·065	−0·016	0·158	−0·026	−0·027	−2·77E-04	−8·93E-03
Eosinophil count (%)	0·051	0·137	0·029	0·181	−0·112	0·022	0·110
(b)
GM-CSF R α chain	0·600^§
GM-CSF R β chain	0·642^§	0·701^¶
IL-3 R α chain	0·566^§	0·505^§	0·435^§
bcl-2	0·466^§	0·208^‡	0·260^‡	0·796^¶
bcl-xL	0·644^§	0·538^§	0·510^§	0·829^¶	0·804^¶
PAF R	0·589^§	0·856^¶	0·778^¶	0·436^§	0·169^†	0·556^§
Gene	CD44	GM-CSF R β chain	GM-CSF R β chain	IL-3 R α chain	Bcl-2	Bcl-xL

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Strong correlation r = 0·7–1·0;

^§

correlation r =0·4–0·7;

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weak correlation r = 0·2–0·4;

^†

no correlation r < 0·2.