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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Apr 12;130(3):798–800. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2012.03.009

Table I. Section attributes from proximal to distal.

Segment no. No. of sites or hpf/section Perimeter (mm)* Equivalent diameter (cm)* Sites ≥15 eosinophils/hpf Sites ≥15 eosinophils/hpf Sites ≥20 eosinophils/hpf Sites ≥20 eosinophils/hpf
3B 46 24.8 0.79 3 6.5% 3 6.5%
3B 48 25.9 0.83 6 12.5% 5 10.4%
3C 69 37.3 1.19 5 7.2% 3 4.3%
3C 65 35.1 1.12 4 6.2% 3 4.6%
3D 66 35.6 1.13 5 7.6% 1 1.5%
3D 64 34.6 1.10 4 6.3% 2 3.1%
3E 116 62.6 1.99 15 12.9% 8 6.9%
3E 117 63.2 2.01 6 5.1% 5 4.3%
2Y 55 29.7 0.95 13 23.6% 7 12.7%
2Y 56 30.2 0.96 17 30.4% 8 14.3%
2X 98 52.9 1.68 37 37.8% 25 25.5%
2X 95 51.3 1.63 40 42.1% 26 27.4%
2W 56 30.2 0.96 33 58.9% 24 42.9%
2W 61 32.9 1.05 38 62.3% 32 52.5%
2U 69 37.3 1.19 60 87.0% 55 79.7%
2U 68 36.7 1.17 59 86.8% 53 77.9%
2T 66 35.6 1.13 38 57.6% 29 43.9%
Total 1215 383 31.5% 289 23.8%
*

Perimeter = Number of sites × field of view (0.54 mm); equivalent diameter = perimeter/π.

Fifteen eosinophils/hpf = 65 eosinophils/mm2; 20 eosinophils/hpf = 87 eosinophils/mm2.