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. 2012 Jun 25;2012:981730. doi: 10.1155/2012/981730

Table 2.

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid parameters of IPF patients and control group at entry.

Cell type IPF group (%) n = 20 Control group (%) n = 10 P value∗∗
Neutrophils 24,6 ± 4,6 6,1 ± 3,8 0.001
Macrophages 55,9 ± 6,9 81,4 ± 5,4 0.001
Lymphocytes 5,7 ± 3,7 12,6 ± 2,8 0.001
Eosinophils 10,8 ± 3,7 0,4 ± 1,0 0.001
Mast cells 2,6 ± 2,1 0 ± 0 0.001

Total cell count (×106) 20,06 ± 3,03 26,3 ± 4,9 0.001

P < 0.05: statistically significant.