Table 1—

Inflammatory cells in lung tissue from offspring

	NSM		SM		Linear regression analysis
	PBS	HDM	PBS	HDM	HDM effect	SM effect
Eosinophils volume %	0.05 (0.03–0.07)	0.36 (0.05–0.43)**	0.05 (0.04–0.07)	0.29 (0.18–0.65)***	p<0.001	p = 0.431
Neutrophils n per mm² lung tissue	181 (134–245)	220 (177–293)	163 (116–207)	269 (181–354)**	p = 0.002	p = 0.986
Mast cells n per mm² lung tissue	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.08 (0.00–0.31)	0.00 (0.00–0.00)	0.14 (0.00–0.38)**	p<0.001	p = 0.404

Data are presented as median (interquartile range), unless otherwise stated. NSM: nonsmoking mother; SM: smoking mother; HDM: house dust mite. **: p<0.01; ***: p<0.001 from subgroup analysis (HDM versus PBS group).