Table 5.

Cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage from normal subjects and patients with bronchiectasis*

	Controls (n=25)	Bronchiectasis (n=29)	p Value
IL-8 (pg/ml)	1.04 ± 1.47	37.48 ± 16.65	< 0.0001
IL-6 (pg/ml)	0.003 ± 0.01	2.53 ± 0.93	< 0.0001
IL-12 (pg/ml)	0.00 ± 0.00	1.90 ± 0.51	< 0.0001
IL-1β (pg/ml)	0.00 ± 0.00	3.71 ± 1.27	< 0.0001
TNF-α (pg/ml)	0.003 ± 0.01	1.30 ± 0.38	< 0.0001

* Values are mean ± SE.