Table 1 Subject characteristics.

N

35

32

Age (yrs)

33.9 ± 2.1

33.8 ± 2.1

0.980

BMI (kg/m²)

23.1 ± 0.5

22.8 ± 0.5

0.627

FEV₁(% pred)

90 ± 1.9

96 ± 3.2

0.125

ECP (μg/l)

11.2 [6.9 - 19.9]

9.2 [6.1 - 14.4]

0.105

EPX (μg/l)

29.6 [20.8 - 61.1]

18.3 [16.3 - 27.4]

0.003

MPO (μg/l)

218.6 [138.0 - 325.0]

246.8 [155.7 - 317.4]

0.716

EOS (10⁹/l)

0.23 [0.16 - 0.44]

0.15 [0.10 - 0.20]

<0.001

IgE (IU/l)

87.0 [25.0 - 204.0]

24.5 [11.0 - 41.0]

0.002

IL-6 (ng/l)

3.8 [2.6 - 5.3]

3.0 [2.3 - 5.0]

0.327

J_Br,NO (nl/s)

2.6 ± 0.3

0.7 ± 0.1

<0.001

C_Alv (ppb)

1.2 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.1

0.671