Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of participants

Variable	Healthy control	M PAR	M/S PAR
Gender, male/female	18/12	20/10	22/8
Age	28.5 ±6.42	26.03 ±4.03	26.7 ±4.87
SIgE for house dust mite (IU/ml)	0	0.51 ±0.15	4.57 ±5.56
TIgE (IU/ml)	82.63 ±43.88	236.3 ±33.24	1061.1 ±88.41
Blood eosinophil counts	74.5 ±40.02	255.7 ±70.96	607.27 ±117.37
Degree of eosinophil infiltration into nasal mucosa	0.5 ±0.5	1.7 ±0.59	3.63 ±1.88
Disease duration in years	0	15.63 ±2.09	17.17 ±4.39