Table 2

 Counts of inflammatory cells (per mm2) infiltrating ASM of asthmatic and control subjects

Asthmatics(n = 14)Controls(n = 9)p values
Values shown as median (interquartile range).
p values from one way analyses of variance Kruskal-Wallis tests are indicated.
CD11716.3 (2.5–51.0)4.4 (0.0–10.8)0.04
AA119.6 (0.0–37.6)4.4 (0.0–10.8)0.04
EG20.0 (0.0–0.0)0.0 (0.0–0.0)0.57
CD39.2 (4.7–15.3)0.0 (0.0–6.0)0.02
CD683.9 (0.0–10.1)0.0 (0.0–3.8)0.17
NE0.0 (0.0–0.0)0.0 (0.0–0.0)0.90