Table 1

Mean (SE) sputum eosinophil counts (%) in low dose eotaxin study

Time pointAsthmaNormal
EotaxinPlaceboEotaxinPlacebo
Comparisons were made using the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
Baseline0.50 (0.29)0.50 (0.29)0.53 (0.29)0.53 (0.31)
5 hours1.07 (0.30)2.13 (1.10)0.90 (0.78)0.17 (0.13)
24 hours0.47 (0.15)1.42 (0.86)0.36 (0.19)0.23 (0.23)
72 hours0.93 (0.23)0.43 (0.11)0.63 (0.40)0.40 (0.16)