Severe asthma, N=51 | Mild–moderate asthma, N=28 | p | |
Inflammatory cells at baseline | |||
Sputum eosinophils (%), median (IQR) | 2.3 (0.3–13.6) | 2.8 (0.6–9.5) | 0.746 |
Sputum neutrophils (%), median, IQR | 16.0 (7.0–42.8) | 26.5 (10.8–64.0) | 0.206 |
Phenotype at baseline | |||
Paucigranulocytic, n (%) | 21 (41) | 9 (32) | 0.350 |
Eosinophilic, n (%) | 21 (41) | 10 (36) | |
Neutrophilic, n (%) | 5 (10) | 7 (25) | |
Mixed, n (%) | 4 (8) | 2 (7) |