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Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Oct 29;137(3):789–96.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.08.045

Table III.

Markers of Atopic Inflammation Stratified by the Ventilation Defect/Total Lung Volume Tercile Distribution

Variable	Sample	Lower Tercile	Middle Tercile	Upper Tercile	p
n	27	8	9	10
Serum IgE^α (IU/ ml)	210 (1–3638)	266 (24–3638)	113 (1–594)	637 (21–2047)	0.07
Number of Positive^α Allergens (#)	2 (0–16)	1 (0–8)	1 (0–8)	8 (0–16)	0.016^*
Peripheral Blood Eosinophil^α (%)	4 (0–18)	1 (0–6)	6 (2–14)	8 (0–18)	0.03^**
Total Blood Eosinophil^α Count (cells/μL)	0.42 (0.0–2.05)	0.21 (0.0–0.47)	0.74 (0.17–2.05)	0.61 (0.0–1.82)	0.08
Self-reported wheeze post allergen (%)	21 (70%)	6 (60%)	6 (60%)	9 (90%)	0.240
Atopic n (%)	22 (71%)	7 (70%)	6 (55%)	9 (90%)	0.20

^α

,median (min-max values);

p < 0.05 lower tercile versus middle and upper terciles, Kruskal Wallis corrected for multiple comparisons;

^**

p < 0.05 lower tercile versus upper tercile, Kruskal Wallis corrected for multiple comparisons.