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Table 3 Analysis of asthma inflammatory phenotype distribution, stratified according to inhaled corticosteroid dose category

From: Characteristics of inflammatory phenotypes among patients with asthma: relationships of blood count parameters with sputum cellular phenotypes

 

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%)

  1. ICS inhaled corticosteroid, NA neutrophilic asthma, EA eosinophilic asthma, MGA mixed granulocytic asthma, PGA paucigranulocytic asthma
  2. p < 0.05: *vs Steroid naïve
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

ISSN: 1710-1492

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