Serum Soluble ST2 Correlated with Symptom Severity and Clinical Response of Sublingual Immunotherapy for House Dust Mite-Induced Allergic Rhinitis Patients

Table 1

The demographic and clinical characteristics of participants.

Variables	HC ()	MAR ()	MSAR ()	value
Age (year)				0.157
Sex, male (%)	39 (48.8)	23 (57.5)	63 (52.5)	0.659
Disease duration (year)	NA			0.249
BMI (kg/m^2)				0.813
Total IgE (IU/ml)				<0.001
HDM specific IgE (kU/l)				<0.001
Blood eosinophil (n/μl)				<0.001
TNSS				<0.001
VAS				<0.001

HC: healthy control; MAR: mild allergic rhinitis; MSAR: moderate-severe allergic rhinitis; BMI: body mass index; HDM: house dust mite; TNSS: total nasal symptom score; VAS: visual analogue scale; NA: not applicable.