. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Exp Allergy. 2019 Oct 27;49(12):1598–1604. doi: 10.1111/cea.13509

Table 1.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of the study subjects

Parameter	Healthy Volunteer (n=19)	GC-sensitive HES (n=33)	GC-resistant HES (n=16)	p-value
Median Age in years (range)	39 (23–71)	50 (21–75)	45 (16–65)	NS^*
Gender (M/F)	12/7	15/18	6/10	NS^**
HES Clinical Subtype
MHES	NA	0	4 (25%)	0.01^**
LHES	NA	6 (18%)	4 (25%)	NS^**
IHES	NA	17 (52%)	7 (44%)	NS^**
OVERLAP	NA	8 (24%)	1 (6%)	NS^**
OTHER	NA	2 (6%)	0	NS^**
Geo Mean Peak AEC in cells/mm³ (range)	144 (50–427)	5772 (1520–21756)	16247 (1620–100000)	<0.01^*

GC-sensitive vs. GC-resistant; Mann-Whitney U test;

^**

GC-sensitive vs. GC-resistant; Fisher’s exact test