Healthy controls

Bronchial asthma groups

Mild persistent (Group I)

Moderate persistent (Group II)

Severe persistent (Group III)

Serum^a

27.82 ± 1.90

47.01 ± 2.83^**

56.14 ± 4.06^***

67.17 ± 4.20^***†

(Range)

(16.61 - 41.83)

(33.62 - 67.98)

(32.11 - 92.63)

(47.36 - 111.60)

Lymphocytes^b

2.54 ± 0.14

4.13 ± 0.23^***

5.34 ± 0.35^***†

6.71 ± 0.28^***†‡

(Range)

(1.14 - 3.25)

(2.31 - 5.50)

(2.84 - 7.46)

(5.00 - 8.27)

Erythrocytes^c

20.31 ± 1.40

37.57 ± 2.70^***

44.11 ± 2.93^***

54.11 ± 3.97^***†

(Range)

(9.96 - 29.58)

(26.07 - 68.51)

(25.92 - 55.95)

(34.36 - 78.65)