Analyte Mean (±SE) Min P25 P50 P75 Max IFN-γ 207.6 (±130.1) 0.4 2.0 14.1 32.2 5250.5 IL-1β 155.4 (±64.1) 3.7 15.5 40.1 105.5 2521.9 IL-8 >529.1 >529.1 >529.1 >529.1 >529.1 >529.1 IL-10 6.6 (±1.3) 0.3 1.3 3.3 7.9 39.8 IL-13 43.9 (±7.5) 1.5 18.0 28.6 52.2 291.6 TNF-α 12.1 (±1.8) 0.5 3.0 7.7 18.8 51.9

Table 2: Descriptive values for all 42 collected nasal mucus samples: mean ± standard error (SE), minimum (Min), lower quartile (P25), median (P50), upper quartile (P75) and maximum (Max) in pg/mL per analyte.The theoretical detection limit of respectively IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-8, IL-10, IL-13 and TNF-α were 0.20, 0.04, 0.04, 0.03, 0.24 and 0.04 pg/mL.