Research Article
Obesity May Provide Pro-ILC3 Development Inflammatory Environment in Asthmatic Children
Table 2
Characteristics of the study population.
| Characteristic | Overweight | Controls | |
| Number | 20 | 30 | ns | Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 8.1 ± 2.73 | 7.6 ± 2.15 | ns | Sex, female/male | 13/7 | 11/19 | ns | Body mass index (kg/cm2) | 96.3 ± 2.72 | 37.7 ± 25.69 | | Peripheral leukocytes (/μl) | 7.2 ± 1.21 | 5.6 ± 1.71 | | Peripheral eosinophils (/μl) | 232.4 ± 210.95 | 237.4 ± 197.39 | ns | Peripheral neutrophils (/μl) | 4255.7 ± 1728.45 | 3254.2 ± 878.65 | |
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