Association of Blood Eosinophil and Blood Neutrophil Counts with Asthma Exacerbations in the Copenhagen General Population Study | Zendy

Signe VedelKrogh | Zendy; Yan V. Sun | Zendy; Peter Lange | Zendy; Jørgen Vestbo | Zendy; Børge G. Nordestgaard | Zendy

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Association of Blood Eosinophil and Blood Neutrophil Counts with Asthma Exacerbations in the Copenhagen General Population Study

Author(s) -

Signe VedelKrogh,

Yan V. Sun,

Peter Lange,

Jørgen Vestbo,

Børge G. Nordestgaard

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1530-8561

pISSN - 0009-9147

DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2016.267450

Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophil , asthma , immunology , population , eosinophilia , absolute neutrophil count , gastroenterology , neutropenia , toxicity , environmental health

Blood eosinophil count is a marker of eosinophilic airway inflammation and disease severity in asthma. However, blood neutrophil count might also be associated with disease severity. We tested the hypothesis that high blood eosinophil and neutrophil counts are both associated with the risk of asthma exacerbations among individuals with asthma from the general population.

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