Table 3.

Analysis of asthma inflammatory phenotype distribution, stratified according to inhaled corticosteroid dose category

	Steroid naïve	Low ICS dose	Middle ICS dose	High ICS dose*
NA, N (%)	2 (1.7%)	3 (4.1%)	3 (10.3%)	2 (22.2%)
EA, N (%)	43 (35.8%)	33 (44.6%)	11 (37.9%)	2 (22.2%)
MGA, N (%)	6 (5%)	5 (6.8%)	0 (0%)	1 (11.1%)
PGA, N (%)	69 (57.5%)	33 (44.6%)	15 (51.7%)	4 (44.4%)

ICS inhaled corticosteroid, NA neutrophilic asthma, EA eosinophilic asthma, MGA mixed granulocytic asthma, PGA paucigranulocytic asthma

p < 0.05: *vs Steroid naïve