Healthy controls

Bronchial asthma groups

Mild persistent (Group I)

Moderate persistent (Group II)

Severe persistent (Group III)

Serum^a

6.26 ± 0.26

8.26 ± 1.07

10.49 ± 0.75^***

11.14 ± 0.50^***†

(Range)

(4.28 - 7.63)

(3.70 - 17.27)

(7.02 - 16.66)

(8.53 - 15.94)

Lymphocytes^b

1.53 ± 0.08

1.23 ± 0.05

1.86 ± 0.09^*†

2.69 ± 0.07^***†‡

(Range)

(0.98 - 1.97)

(0.88 - 1.55)

(1.21 - 2.57)

(2.40 - 3.42)

Erythrocytes^c

11.75 ± 0.68

15.60 ± 1.39

15.03 ± 1.29

16.54 ± 0.80^*

(Range)

(7.49 - 15.48)

(5.86 - 26.17)

(9.61 - 25.18)

(8.20 - 21.74)