Overall analysis (n=703) Overall analysis (n=703) Overall analysis (n=703) Elderly patients (n=616) Elderly patients (n=616) Elderly patients (n=616) Middle-aged patients (n=87) Middle-aged patients (n=87) Middle-aged patients (n=87)
Variables
Eosinophilic (n=312)
Non-eosinophilic (n=391)
p value
Eosinophilic (n=272) Non-eosinophilic (n=344)
p value
Eosinophilic (n=40) Non-eosinophilic (n=47)
p value
Age (year) 75.81±9.68 76.15±9.17 0.631 78.32±7.40 78.30±7.42 0.974 58.78±5.05 60.47±4.11 0.094
Gender (Male n/%) 272(87.2%) 344 (88.0%) 0.749 222(81.6%) 293(85.2%) 0.236 39(97.5%) 41(87.2%) 0.079
Smoke (Yes , n/%) 226 (74.8) 290 (77.5) 0.411 194(72.7%) 258(77.5%) 0.080 32(91.4%) 32(78.0%) 0.111
Give up smoke(n/%) 123(54.4) 164 (56.7) 0.598 111(57.5%) 152(59.1%) 0.728 12(36.4%) 12(37.5%) 0.924
Leukocytes (109/L) 5.75(4.68, 6.94) 7.29(5.59, 9.68) 0.000 5.64(4.56,6.93) 7.23(5.51,9.72) 0.000 6.37(5.16,6.99) 7.34(5.83,9.67) 0.002
Neutrophils (109/L) 3.72(2.92, 4.77) 5.38(4.03, 8.12) 0.000 3.7(2.87,4.86) 5.44(4.01,8.13) 0.000 3.79(3.09,4.37) 5.2(4.1,7.85) 0.000
Lymphocytes (109/L) 1.13(0.88, 1.63) 0.99(0.67, 1.41) 0.000 1.1(0.87,1.51) 0.96(0.65,1.36) 0.000 1.76(1.26,2.13) 1.22(0.89,1.72) 0.001
Monocytosis (109/L) 0.41(0.33, 0.55) 0.47(0.33, 0.64) 0.008 0.42(0.32,0.55) 0.47(0.33,0.64) 0.033 0.4(0.33,0.49) 0.46(0.32,0.67) 0.096
Basophils (109/L) 0.04(0.02, 0.05) 0.02(0.01, 0.04) 0.000 0.03(0.02,0.05) 0.02(0.01,0.04) 0.000 0.04(0.03,0.06) 0.02(0.02,0.04) 0.009
Pymphocyte (109/L) 149(113, 192) 147(113, 191) 0.997 169.5 (121.25, 203) 157(123,191) 0.845 169.5(121.25,203) 157(123, 191) 0.845
Hemoglobin (g/L) 130(119, 143) 130(120, 142) 0.579 128(117,142) 129(119,141) 0.200 141.5(135.25,148.75) 139(124,150) 0.247
Hs-CRP (mg/L) 11.67(4.18, 30.93) 22.8(6.05, 73.1) 0.009 12(4.99,29.17) 24.84(6.54,74.4) 0.004 4.05(1.44,55.15) 9.8(1.44,75.13) 0.580
Lung function
GOLD I n (%) 36(11.5%) 33 (8.4%) 0.260 34(12.5%) 32 (9.3%) 0.458 2(5.0%) 1 (2.1%) 0.323
GOLD II n (%) 99 (31.7%) 134 (34.3%) 88 (32.4%) 123 (35.8%) 11 (27.5%) 11 (23.4%)
GOLD III n (%) 121 (38.8%) 138 (35.3%) 103 (37.9%) 122 (35.5%) 18 (45.0%) 18 (34.0%)
GOLD IV n (%) 56 (17.9%) 86 (12.0%) 47 (17.3%) 67 (19.5%) 9 (22.5%) 19 (40.4%)
mMRC scale 2.24±0.98 2.24±1.05 0.986 2.29±0.96 2.30±1.02 0.889 1.89±1.05 1.78±1.17 0.669