Impact of allergic rhinitis and specific subcutaneous immunotherapy on peripheral blood basophils of patients sensitized to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Table 2 Relative frequency and absolute cell number of circulating peripheral blood basophils in the studied groups

	HG	NSIT	SCIT-T0	SCIT-T4
Relative frequency (%)	0.44	0.40	0.49	0.39
Relative frequency (%)	(0.27 – 0.74)	(0.25 – 0.67)	(0.17 – 0.85)	(0.17 – 1.1)
Absolute number (cell/μL)	34	36	41	38
Absolute number (cell/μL)	(21 – 70)	(17 – 56)	(11 – 70)	(15 – 97)

Differences were considered statistically significant when p < 0.05. The Mann–Whitney U test used to compare between HG, NSIT, SCIT [evaluation before Dpt injection (T0) and 4 hours late (T4)]. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare SCIT-T0 versus the SCIT-T4 group. The results were given by median with interquartile range.

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