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Thorax 55:768-774 doi:10.1136/thorax.55.9.768
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Induced sputum in children: feasibility, repeatability, and relation of findings to asthma severity

Table 3

Repeatability: intraclass correlation coefficients and geometric coefficients of variation

Eosinophil differential count Eosinophil total count Total cell count ECP
Intraclass correlation coefficient (R)
 within subject (between days) 0.93 0.90 0.63 0.92
 between observer (two observers) 0.98
 within sample (two preparations) 0.82
Geometric coefficient of variation (%) within sample 29 43 79 65

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