Research Article

Inflammatory Marker sTREM-1 Reflects the Clinical Stage and Respiratory Tract Obstruction in Allergic Asthma Bronchiale Patients and Correlates with Number of Neutrophils

Table 4

Comparison of plasma levels of investigated parameters in asthma bronchiale patients with and without respiratory tract obstruction.

sTREM-1 (pg/mL)CRP mg/mLLeu 1·106/mLNeu (abs) 1·106/mLTREM-1/myelocyte

RTO+176.4 ± 177.85.8 ± 7.49.0 ± 3.65.8 ± 3.62.9 ± 2.5
RTO52.0 ± 64.02.5 ± 0.96.7 ± 1.43.9 ± 1.41.8 ± 0.9
Mann-Whitney 2-tailed sg.

Leu: leukocytes, CRP: C-reactive protein, Neu: neutrophils, Eo: eosinophils, RTO+: asthma bronchiale with respiratory tract obstruction, RTO: asthma bronchiale without respiratory tract obstruction.