Detailed analysis of sputum and systemic inflammation in asthma phenotypes: are paucigranulocytic asthmatics really non-inflammatory?

BMC Pulm Med · 2016 · PMC4820945 · PMID 27044366

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However, there was a strong trend for greater absolute sputum eosinophil count in paucigranulocytic asthmatics versus healthy subjects ( p = 0.005).

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Moreover, we found that the highest levels of absolute blood neutrophils were observed in neutrophilic and mixed granulocytic asthma, although the results did not reach statistical significance in this last phenotype, probably due to the small number of patients.

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