Table 1.
Frequency of eosinophilic mucin according to different demographic, clinical, and para-clinical characteristics of patients
| Patient’s characteristics |
Presence of eosinophilic mucin
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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No
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Yes
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| Count | Percent % | Count | Percent % | ||
| Gender | Male | 10 | 35.7% | 18 | 64.3% |
| Female | 7 | 38.9% | 11 | 61.1% | |
| Asthma | Negative | 8 | 34.8% | 15 | 65.2% |
| Mild | 5 | 41.7% | 7 | 58.3% | |
| Moderate | 3 | 30.0% | 7 | 70.0% | |
| Severe | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Soft tissue involvement | No | 17 | 37.0% | 29 | 63.0% |
| Yes | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Immunoglobulin E | Normal | 13 | 52.0% | 12 | 48.0% |
| High | 4 | 19.0% | 17 | 81.0% | |
| Serum Eosinophil | Normal | 4 | 66.7% | 2 | 33.3% |
| High | 13 | 32.5% | 27 | 67.5% | |
| Fungal smear | Negative | 17 | 40.5% | 25 | 59.5% |
| Positive | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 100.0% | |
| Osteitis | Negative | 3 | 42.9% | 4 | 57.1% |
| Mild | 8 | 47.1% | 9 | 52.9% | |
| Moderate | 4 | 26.7% | 11 | 73.3% | |
| Severe | 2 | 28.6% | 5 | 71.4% | |