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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Aug 1;135(1):92–99.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.06.023

TABLE II.

Relationship of epithelial ST2L mRNA to markers of T_H2-like inflammation

	T_H2-like marker group				P value
	Low		High
	n	Relative ST2L mRNA, Geometric mean (95% CI)	n	Relative ST2L mRNA, Geometric mean (95% CI)
Blood eosinophils	50	0.05 (0.03–0.1)	27	0.29 (0.14–0.62)	.001*
BALF eosinophils	38	0.08 (0.04–0.17)	33	0.12 (0.06–0.24)	.45
Sputum eosinophils	32	0.1 (0.05–0.21)	18	0.05 (0.02–0.12)	.21
Exhaled nitric oxide	43	0.05 (0.03–0.1)	33	0.21 (0.10–0.42)	.003*
CLCA1 epithelial mRNA	33	0.04 (0.02–0.07)	39	0.32 (0.16–0.62)	<.0001*
Eotaxin-3 epithelial mRNA	35	0.05 (0.03–0.09)	41	0.24 (0.12–0.47)	.001*

Blood eosinophils cutoff was ≥300 cells/mm³.

Sputum eosinophils cutoff was ≥2%.

BALF eosinophils, exhaled nitric oxide, CLCA1 mRNA and Eotaxin-3 mRNA were divided based on a median split.

BALF, Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.