Table 3 Results of laboratory examination
From: Analysis of the predicting factors of recurrent wheezing in infants
|  | Without Recurrent Wheezing (n = 83) | With Recurrent Wheezing (n = 62) | P |
|---|---|---|---|
Ig E positive to antigen, N (%) | 17 (20.48) | 8 (12.90) | 0.232 |
Ig G positive to antigen, N (%) | 44 (53.01) | 32 (51.61) | 0.867 |
Serum Ig E (IU/mL), mean ± SD | 44.58 ± 92.24 | 43.71 ± 80.44 | 0.978 |
CRP(mg/L), median (quartiles) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 4) | 0.168 |
Ferritin (μg/L), mean ± SD | 136.39 ± 199.22 | 164.77 ± 160.97 | 0.088 |
Hb (g/L), mean ± SD | 115.02 ± 13.44 | 113.26 ± 13.39 | 0.434 |
WBC (×109/L), median (quartiles) | 8.83 (6.99, 10.31) | 8.53 (6.63, 10.13) | 0.678 |
N (%), median (quartiles) | 28 (20, 39) | 25 (19, 34) | 0.183 |
LDH (U/L), median (quartiles) | 436 (355, 555) | 408.5 (334, 585) | 0.767 |
La (mmol/L), median (quartiles) | 3.49 (2.46, 4.35) | 3.22 (2.55, 4.16) | 0.520 |
PCT (ng/L), median (quartiles) | 0.08 (0.05, 0.1) | 0.08 (0.06, 0.1) | 0.116 |
γ-globin (g/L), mean ± SD | 7.21 ± 2.63 | 7.29 ± 2.31 | 0.646 |
Eosinophil (%), mean ± SD | 1.31 ± 1.15 | 3.10 ± 2.54 | < 0.001 |
EDN (ng/mL), mean ± SD | 27.36 ± 19.51 | 68.67 ± 55.05 | < 0.001 |