Percentages of inflammatory cells in severe asthmatics with concurrent endobronchial and transbronchial biopsy
| Lymphocytes % | Monocytes/macrophages % | Mast cells % | Neutrophils % | Eosinophils % | |
| Large airway | 22 (15–44) | 16 (13–28) | 14 (6–22) | 33 (19–47) | 1 (0–8) |
| Medium airway | 11 (4–24) | 26 (23–31) | 26 (15–39) | 9 (4–45) | 0 (0–29) |
| Small airway | 5 (0–28) | 29 (16–42) | 20 (7–34) | 31 (5–42) | 0 (0–0) |
| Alveolar tissue | 4 (0–19) | 40 (32–47) | 20 (15–27) | 29 (21–43) | 3 (0–5) |
| p‐value# | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.22 | 0.68 | 0.08 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise stated
#: p‐value for comparison of the particular cell type percentages in all four lung regions