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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Jul;126(1):61–9.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.03.026

TABLE I.

Demographic characteristics, induced sputum differential count, median percentage area of red hue/airway macrophage for the healthy, eosinophilic bronchitis, and asthma groups

Healthy
(n = 10)		 NAEB
(n = 15)		 GINA class I
(n = 8)		 GINA class II-III
(n = 18)		 GINA class IV-V
(n = 46)
Age (y), mean (SE) 32 (5) 48 (3) 46 (7) 55 (3) 50 (2)
Male sex, no. (%) 5 (50) 8 (53) 4 (50) 10 (56) 24 (52)
FEV1 (% predicted), mean (SE) 106 (6) 100 (3) 94 (4) 87 (5) 78 (4)
Induced sputum (%), median (range)
 Eosinophils 0.4 (0-2.5) 8.3 (3.3-68) 0.9 (0-33.5) 1.1 (0.1-45.3) 1.5 (0-90.5)
 Neutrophils 40.7 (8.3-66.8) 47.3 (8.75-82.7) 20 (0.4-77.2) 60.8 (5.0-95.0) 54.4 (2-93.5)
 Macrophages 51.4 (28.8-90) 27 (06-84) 76 (12.4-90.6) 26.5 (3.5-78.5) 25.9 (5.2-78.50)
 Lymphocytes 1.2 (0-9.8) 0.5 (0-2.2) 0.2 (0-0.5) 0.8 (0-2.0) 0.8 (0-4.5)
Percentage area of red hue/airway macrophage, median (IQR) 2.1 (1.9-3.8) 36.3 (14.3-40.7) 2.0 (0.9-9.1) 10.7 (3.0-38.7) 28.0 (11.8-68.0)

IQR, Interquartile range.