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Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2010 Mar 29;36(4):893–900. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00139809

Table 2.

	IPF	SSc
Infections (12 mo)^†	n = 37	n = 13	p-value
Bacteria	0.17 (0–0.5)	0.2 (0–0.5)	0.54
Fungus	0 (0–0.25)	0 (0–0.25)	0.39
Virus	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)	0.91
AFB	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0.13)	0.22

Rejection (TBBx 12 mo)
Any Acute Rejection (AR)	38%	69%	0.06
Never Rejection, n (%)	62.2%	31%	0.05^*
Average Acute Rejection Score	0 (0–0.4)	0.5 (0–0.67)	0.05^*
# of LB, n (%)	24 (65%)	11(85%)	0.29
AR ≥ 2, n (%)	22%	62%	0.01^*

p value is statistically significant by t-test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Chi-square test, or Fisher’s exact test; all values are median (25^th–75^th percentile) unless otherwise stated.

AFB (acid fast bacilli); TBBx (transbronchial biopsy); LB (lymphocytic bronchitis)

^†

accounts for bronchoalveolar lavage and expectorated sputum sampling