. 2009 Jul 17;11(4):R111. doi: 10.1186/ar2766

Table 3.

Correlation between the percentage and absolute number of BAL cells per milliliter recovery and different BALF cytokines

	GCSF	IL-1β	IL-2	IL-4	IL-6

SSc
Percentage of cells
Eosinophils
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils	0.490^b	0.369^a	0.433^a	0.544^b
Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid
Eosinophils
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils	0.672^c	0.489^b		0.599^c
Controls
Eosinophils
Controls
Percentage of cells
Eosinophils	0.647^c	0.412^a	0.541^b	0.669^c	0.575^b
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils		0.490^a			0.512^b
Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid
Eosinophils	0.532^b	0.924^c		0.585^b
Lymphocytes		0.627^b
Neutrophils		0.912^c		0.544^b

	IL-8	IL-10	CCL2	CCL4	TNF-α

SSc
Percentage of cells

Eosinophils
Lymphocytes				0.392^a
Neutrophils	0.604^c		0.628^c		0.622^c
Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid
Eosinophils
Lymphocytes
Neutrophils					0.549^b
Controls
Percentage of cells
Eosinophils	0.586^b	0.592^b	0.770^c	0.526^b	0.813^c
Lymphocytes				0.594^b
Neutrophils			0.472^a		0.453^a
Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid
Eosinophils	0.608^c			0.869^c
Lymphocytes	0.425^a	-0.396^a		0.772^c
Neutrophils	0.718^c	0.536^b		0.852^c	0.647^c

Results in SSc patients (n = 38) versus controls (n = 26). Pearson correlation coefficient is given. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01, and ^cP < 0.001.