Table 1.
Characteristics of study population.
| Bronchoalveolar lavage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Total cells | ||||||||
| Group | Male/female | Age (years) | Total cells ( × 105/ml) | AM | Ly | Neut | Eo | CD4+/CD8+ |
| HV | 8/1 | 23·7 ± 2·1 | 1·6 ± 0·2 | 87·9 ± 2·7 | 9·8 ± 2·0 | 1·8 ± 1·3 | 0·4 ± 0·1 | n.d. |
| Sar | 18/26 | 49·1 ± 13·3 | 2·4 ± 0·3* | 71·0 ± 2·3† | 27·1 ± 2·2† | 1·1 ± 0·4 | 0·7 ± 0·3 | 5·25 ± 0·5 |
AM = alveolar macrophages; Eo = eosinophils; HV = healthy volunteers; Ly = lymphocytes; Neut = neutrophils; n.d. = not determined; Sar = sarcoidosis.
Data are shown as mean ± standard error of the mean.
*
P < 0·05, compared with the group of healthy volunteers.
†
P < 0·001, compared with the group of healthy volunteers.