Table 1.

Subjects' characteristics

Values are means±standard deviations for continuous variables. Continuous variables were analyzed using the t-test and categorical variables using the χ²-test. ^*The total number of patients was 78 (24 in the EP group and 54 in the EN group). ^†The total number of patients was 77 (21 in the EP group and 56 in the EN group). ^‡The total number of patients was 61 (25 in the EP group and 36 in the EN group). EP, eosinophilia-positive group; EN, eosinophilia-negative group.