Relationship Between Eosinophilia and Telomerase Activity in HD Samples
| Eosinophils-150 . | Fraction of Telomerase-Positive Cases . |
|---|---|
| 0 | 24/27 (88.9%) |
| 1-10 | 4/8 (50%) |
| 11-200 | 1/29 (3.4%) |
| >200 | 1/12 (8.3%)-151 |
| Eosinophils-150 . | Fraction of Telomerase-Positive Cases . |
|---|---|
| 0 | 24/27 (88.9%) |
| 1-10 | 4/8 (50%) |
| 11-200 | 1/29 (3.4%) |
| >200 | 1/12 (8.3%)-151 |
The correlation between the presence of eosinophils and the absence of telomerase activity was highly significant (P < .00001).
Number of eosinophils counted in 10 randomly selected high power vision fields. The eosinophils were not counted in 1 HD sample.
The HD sample that exhibited detectable telomerase activity in the category >200 eosinophils was the 1 lymphocyte depletion (LD) case of the whole study.