The influence of individual characteristics and non-respiratory diseases on blood eosinophil count

• Author(s): Amaral, Rita ; Jacinto, Tiago ; Malinovschi, Andrei ; Janson, Christer ; Price, David ; Fonseca, João A. ; Alving, Kjell
• Date: 2021
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/18156
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Airway inflammation; Blood eosinophils; Eosionophilic inflammation; Respiratory diseases
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): REPOSITÓRIO P.PORTO

Description

Blood eosinophil (B-Eos) count is an emerging biomarker in the management of respiratory disease but determinants of B-Eos count besides respiratory disease are poorly described. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the influence of non-respiratory diseases on B-Eos count, in comparison to the effect on two other biomarkers: fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and C-reactive protein (CRP), and to identify individual characteristics associated with B-Eos count in healthy controls.