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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Jun 15;141(3):1096–1104. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.04.047

Table 6.

Correlation of the Eosinophilia Markers Overall and by Weight Group

Weight Category	Marker	Sputum Eosinophils	FENO	IgE
Overall	Blood Eosinophils	0.22^* (0.13, 0.31)	0.18^* (0.09, 0.26)	0.19^* (0.11, 0.27)
	Sputum Eosinophils		0.22^* (0.13, 0.32)	0.12^* (0.02, 0.22)
	FeNO			0.17^* (0.08, 0.25)
Lean	Blood Eosinophils	0.31^* (0.15, 0.46)	0.31^* (0.18, 0.44)	0.15^* (0.01, 0.29)
	Sputum Eosinophils		0.43^* (0.28, 0.56)	0.09 (−0.08, 0.26)
	FENO			0.32^* (0.18, 0.44)
Overweight	Blood Eosinophils	0.33^* (0.16, 0.48)	0.16^* (0.01, 0.30)	0.11 (−0.03, 0.26)
	Sputum Eosinophils		0.16 (−0.03, 0.33)	0.41^* (0.24, 0.55)
	FeNO			0.11 (−0.05, 0.26)
Obese	Blood Eosinophils	0.00 (−0.16, 0.16)	0.01 (−0.12, 0.15)	0.33^* (0.20, 0.44)
	Sputum Eosinophils		−0.02 (−0.19, 0.14)	−0.02 (−0.19, 0.14)
	FeNO			0.03 (−0.11, 0.17)

Denotes a statistically significant correlation. Data presented as the Pearson correlation coefficient with 95% confidence intervals.