Research Article
Short-Term Reproducibility of the Inflammatory Phenotype in Different Subgroups of Adult Asthma Cohort
Table 3
The cellular profile of sputum, asthma phenotypes, and ACQ score at visit 2. Values are presented as mean ± SD.
| | | SN group | MMA group | RA group |
| | Sputum cytology | | | | | Total cells (×106/mL) | 5.41 ± 7.47 | 7.21 ± 15.9 | 5.18 ± 4.14 | | Viability (%) | 81.78 ± 13.72 | 81.9 ± 10.1 | 80.52 ± 10.76 | | Squamous cells (%) | 4.36 ± 4.21 | 6.92 ± 7.33 | 8.31 ± 6.04 | | Epithelial cells (%) | 0.9 ± 0.67 | 0.7 ± 0.52 | 1.1 ± 0.78 | | Macrophages (%) | 60.42 ± 14.47 | 53.45 ± 20.52 | 57.25 ± 10.91 | | Lymphocytes (%) | 4.03 ± 3.4 | 5.83 ± 8.63 | 6.75 ± 4.21 | | Neutrophils (%) | 26.48 ± 16.78 | 28.35 ± 21.52 | 25.25 ± 14.65 | | Eosinophils (%) | 4.68 ± 6.42 | 5.03 ± 6.52 | 2.5 ± 2.94 | | Inflammatory phenotype, (%) | | | | | Eosinophilic | 10 (59%) | 19 (58%) | 7 (44%) | | Neutrophilic | 1 (6%) | 1 (3%) | 1 (6%) | | Paucigranulocytic | 6 (35%) | 11 (33%) | 8 (50%) | | Mixed granulocytic | 0 | 2 (6%) | 0 | | ACQ score | 0.9 ± 0.59 | 1.37 ± 1.05 | 2.48 ± 0.89*** |
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SN, steroid- naïve asthma; MMA, mild to moderate asthma; RA, refractory asthma. *** versus MMA group and SN group.
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