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Table 3 Basic characteristics of the Swedish Search study

From: High-resolution targeted bisulfite sequencing reveals blood cell type-specific DNA methylation patterns in IL13 and ORMDL3

 

Severe asthma

Controlled asthma

Healthy controls

Subjects n

8

7

7

Age, years mean (range)

14.7 (9.8–18.6)

14.1 (9.8–17.5)

12.5 (7.2–15.2)

Female/male n

3/5

5/2

1/6

Eosinophils 109 × L−1 mean (range)

0.30 (0–0.5)

0.23 (0–0.4)

0.26 (0–0.9)

Neutrophils 109 × L−1 mean (range)

3.8 (2.1–5.9)

2.7 (1.7–3.7)

2.9 (2.3–3.7)

Leukocytes 109 × L−1 mean (range)

6.8 (4.1–9.5)

6.37 (4.7–9)

5.79 (5–6.8)

Lymphocytes

109 × L−1 mean (range)

2.3 (1.6–3.6)

2.83 (2.1–4.3)

2.10 (1.6–2.9)

Monocytes

109 × L−1 mean (range)

0.44 (0.3–0.7)

0.57 (0.3–1.1)

0.44 (0.3–0.6)