Table 2.

Demographic information of the patients

Variables	Healthy control	mild persistent allergic rhinitis patients	moderate/severe persistent allergic rhinitis patients
Gender (male/female)	13/17	10/8	6/6
Age	25.8 ± (6.42)	26.7 ± (4.8)	26.0 ± (4.0)
Total IgE (IU/mL)	82.6 ± (43.8)	1061.1 ± (88.4)	236.3 ± (33.2)
Blood eosinophil count (absolute count)	74.5 ± (40.0)	618.9 ± (114.1)	255.7 ± (70.9)
The degree of eosinophil infiltration into the nasal mucosa (eos/HPF)	0.5 ± (0.5)	3.6 ± (1.8)	1.7 ± (0.59)
Disease duration (years)	-	17.1 ± (4.3)	15.1 ± (2.6)

*Results are shown as mean ± SD (standard deviation).