Blood eosinophilia in allergic and non-allergic children
| Allergic children | Non-allergic children | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All allergic children | Monosensitised children | Polysensitised children | |||
| Eosinophil percentage | 7.5 (5.0–11.8) | 6.9 (5.3–13.7) | 8.3 (4.9–10.6) | 2.5 (1.6–4.2)1-150 | |
| Eosinophil number (cells/mm3) | 500.0 (370.0–855.0) | 500.0 (370.0–892.5) | 500.0 (262.5–750.0) | 125.0 (100.0–300.0)1-150 | |
Data are expressed as median with lower and upper quartiles in brackets.
↵1-150 p=0.0001 compared with all allergic children.