Table 3.

BAL cellular content in atopic and nonatopic children^a

Variables	Atopic children (n = 81)	Nonatopic children (n = 41)	P value
Alveolar macrophages, %	56.86 ± 30.28, 61.0(33.5 ~ 85.5)	68.56 ± 25.60, 77.0 (53.5 ~ 90.0)	0.052
Lymphocytes, %	7.75 ± 7.28, 5.0 (2.0 ~ 12.0)	6.10 ± 4.30, 5.0 (2.0 ~ 10.0)	0.366
Neutrophils, %	34.89 ± 29.61, 30.0 (7.0 ~ 54.0)	24.10 ± 23.57, 15.0 (5.0 ~ 35.5)	0.062
Eosinophils, %	0.51 ± 1.28, 0.0 (0.0 ~ 0.0)	1.24 ± 4.40, 0.0 (0.0 ~ 0.0)	0.305

^aData presented as mean ± SD, median (25th to 75th percentiles)