TABLE 4.

Inflammatory cells in sputum

	Controls (nonatopic)	Asthma group
		Remission	Symptomatic remission	Asthma
Total cell count, ×106/g*	2.1 (1.7–11.5)	3.2 (0.5–5.2)	2.9 (1.4–6.5)	2.4 (0.6–4.9)
Neutrophils, %*	8.0 (4–13)	23.5 (1–55)	27.6 (2–31)	23.8 (4–57)
Eosinophils, %*	0 (0–9)	0.5 (0–8)	1.1 (0–4)	2.5 (0–14)

Data presented as median (minimum-maximum).

^*P>0.05