Inflammatory cells and phenotypes at baseline
| 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) | |