IL-17-producing peripheral blood CD177+ neutrophils increase in allergic asthmatic subjects

Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects

	Asthmatics	Non-asthmatic controls
Sex (female/male)	6/11	7/10
Age (y) (mean ± SEM)	22.35 ± 3.82	24.12 ± 1.38
Atopy (Nº)¹	17/17	0/17
Serum total IgE levels (IU/mL) (mean ± SEM)	425.2 ± 105.2**	278.89 ± 14.6
FEV1 (% predicted)	48-117	88-111
(mean ± SEM)	(77.65% ± 4.77)**	(96.59% ± 1.61)

¹Atopy is defined as at least one positive prick test.
**P < .01 compared to non-asthmatic controls.
Abbreviations: FEV1 Forced expiratory volume in 1 second, Ig Immunoglobulin, SEM Standard error of the mean.

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