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Table 4 Results of induced sputum cell counts and inflammatory subtypes

From: A retrospective study of clinical features of cough variant asthma in Chinese adults

Data

CVA (n = 175)

CA (n = 128)

P

Cell counts

 Eosinophil (%)

3.26 (12.78)

5.24 (19.08)

0.009

 Neutrophil (%)

77.14 (34.57)

80.8 (31.55)

0.128

 Macrophage (%)

10.79 (22.87)

6.35 (13.89)

0.0004

 Lymphocyte (%)

0.64 (1.48)

0.56 (1.14)

0.058

Inflammatory subtypes

 Eosinophilic, n (%)

42 (24.0)

32 (25.0)

 

 Mixed granulocytic, n (%)

56 (32.0)

54 (42.19)

0.049

 Neutrophilic, n (%)

54 (30.86)

41 (32.03)

 

 Paucigranulocytic, n (%)

23 (13.14)

1 (0.78)

 
  1. The results of cell counts are expressed as median (interquartile range) and compared with Mann–Whitney U test
  2. Inflammatory subtypes are expressed as number (percentage) and compared with Chi square test
  3. CVA cough variant asthma, CA classic asthma