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Published in final edited form as: Respir Med. 2007 Dec 27;102(4):567–573. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.11.011

Table 1.

Patient demographics

	ARDS BALF	CF BALF	Controls BALF	CF sputum	COPD sputum	Controls sputum
N	13	15	14	8	10	10
Age avg. (yrs)	42	6	24	16	58	26
Male	8	6	6	4	6	3
Female	5	9	8	4	4	7