Sputum eosinophils (%): manual differential counts (means of two different observers) and LSC results (means of at least three cytospins)
| Normal subjects | Asthmatic subjects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manual | LSC | Manual | LSC | ||||
| 5.6 | 2.8 | ||||||
| 19.0 | 22.6 | ||||||
| 1.5 | 3.4 | ||||||
| 6.0 | 1.6 | ||||||
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 5.0 | ||||
| 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||||
| 0.6 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 2.0 | ||||
| 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | ||||
| 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 2.9 | ||||
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | ||||
| 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.4 | ||||
| 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||||
| Geometric mean | 0.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | |||
| SE | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | |||
LSC = laser scanning cytometry.