Chlamydia culture positive | Chlamydia culture negative | Chlamydia DNA positive | Chlamydia DNA negative | Asthma | Nonasthma | |
Subjects n | 75 | 107 | 124 | 58 | 128 | 54 |
LLM | ||||||
Many | 44 (58.7) | 51(48) | 60 (48) | 35 (60.3) | 73 (57) | 21 (39) |
Moderate | 24 (32) | 42 (39) | 49 (40.0) | 17 (29.4) | 42 (33) | 24 (44) |
Few/none | 7 (9.3) | 14 (13) | 15 (12) | 6 (10.3) | 13 (10) | 9 (17) |
Mean cell count per mL % | ||||||
Macrophages/monocytes | 2.84 | 2.79 | 2.63 | 3.26 | 3.11 | 2.11 |
Eosinophils | 1.45 | 1.16 | 1.10 | 1.64 | 5.5# | 0.06# |
Lymphocytes | 8.04 | 7.83 | 8.67 | 6.30 | 7.68 | 8.48 |
Neutrophils | 68.39¶ | 30.87¶ | 33.85 | 29.4 | 29.0 | 40.59 |
Other | 19.28 | 57.35 | 46.25 | 59.4 | 54.71 | 51.24 |
Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. LLM: lipid-laden macrophage. #: p = 0.001, Fisher’s exact test; ¶: p = 0.001, Fisher’s exact test (two-tailed). There was no statistically significant correlation between any other cell types and the detection of Chlamydia organism or DNA.