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Table 2.

Correlations between sputum inflammatory cells and sputum inflammatory mediators in asthma patients

	Total cells (×10 ⁶ /mL)	Neutrophils (×10 ⁶ /mL)	Macrophages (×10 ⁶ /mL)	Lymphocytes (×10 ⁶ /mL)
Log gal-3	-0.333^#	-0.412^*	NS	-0.278^#
Log gal-3BP	0.488^*	0.378^#	0.361^#	0.254^#
Log IL-1β	0.599^*	0.607^*	NS	0.425^*
Log IL-8	0.520^*	0.521^*	NS	0.439^*
Log IL-6	0.380^#	0.338^#	0.232^#	0.255^#

The data were analyzed by partial correlation, adjusted by age and BMI. *p < 0.001, ^#p < 0.05, NS: not significant (p > 0.05). Gal-3: galectin-3; gal-3BP: galectin-3 binding protein; IL-1β: interleukin 1β; IL-8: interleukin 8; IL-6: interleukin 6.