Table 3.

—Correlations Between IL-17A/F, Granulocytic Inflammation, and Lung Function in Asthma

Characteristic	IL-17A	IL-17F
Neutrophils/mm2 submucosa	rs = −0.05, P = .8	rs = 0.32, P = .078
Sputum neutrophils (%)	rs = −0.43, P = .03	rs = −0.15, P = .45
Eosinophils/mm2 submucosa	rs = 0.2, P = .3	rs = 0.50, P = .005
Sputum eosinophils, %	rs = 0.09, P = .7	rs = 0.08, P = .7
FEV1, % predicted	rs = 0.38, P = .04	rs = −0.06, P = .8
FEV1/FVC, %	rs = 0.35, P = .06	rs = −0.17, P = .39
Methacholine PC20FEV1	rs = −0.17, P = .5	rs = −0.25, P = .25

rs = Spearman rank correlation coefficient. See Table 1 legend for expansion of the other abbreviation.