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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Asthma. 2012 Dec 11;50(1):25–32. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2012.743149

Table 3.

Presence of Eosinophils within each Spirometry Category

Category Total* High Eos Low Eos OR P value
N = 1,133 N = 174 N = 959
Spirometry pattern, n (%) 0.002
  Normal 844 (75) 116 (67) 728 (76)
  Obstructed a 98 (9) 27 (16) 71 (7) 2.4 0.0003
  Low FVC b 191(17) 31 (18) 160 (17) 1.22 0.04
a

FEV1/FVC < LLN FEV1/FVC

b

FVC<LLN FVC and FEV1/FVC > LLN FEV1/FVC

unadjusted odds ratio (OR)

*

PFT category missing in 275 subjects

Eosinophil counts missing in 100 subjects