Table 5 Changes in inflammatory parameters in blood, nasal lavage and induced sputum between baseline out of season and during birch pollen season (median, upper and lower quartiles).

0.01 (0, 0.025)

0.27 (0.17, 0.43)

0.014*

0.17 (0.03, 0.27)

0.012*

2,3 (0.5, 2.4)

9.6 (4.9, 16.1)

0.071

8.6 (-0.2, 11.5)

0.12

19.1 (4.7, 31.4)

1.8 (-3.5, 5.3)

0.20

1,7 (-1.0, 14.4)

0.12

0.05 (0, 0.1)

6.7 (1.9, 28.8)

0.007*

23.3 (2.3, 57.8)

0.055

0 (0, 5)

1.4 (-0.1, 5.8)

1.0

4 (0, 10.1)

0.29

85 (45, 109)

-17 (-44, 21.9)

0.039*

-10 (-28.8, 24.8)

0.22

-146 (-163, 0.3)

310 (19, 2000)

0.019*

2180 (12, 2480)

0.018*

-766 (-1655, 302)

46 (-340, 190)

0.040*

-218 (-1084, 748)

0.17