Research Article

Obesity May Provide Pro-ILC3 Development Inflammatory Environment in Asthmatic Children

Table 2

Characteristics of the study population.

CharacteristicOverweightControls

Number2030ns
Age (years) (mean ± SD)8.1 ± 2.737.6 ± 2.15ns
Sex, female/male13/711/19ns
Body mass index (kg/cm2)96.3 ± 2.7237.7 ± 25.69
Peripheral leukocytes (/μl)7.2 ± 1.215.6 ± 1.71
Peripheral eosinophils (/μl)232.4 ± 210.95237.4 ± 197.39ns
Peripheral neutrophils (/μl)4255.7 ± 1728.453254.2 ± 878.65