Table 2.
Characteristic | Controls (n= 28) | Asthma (n=39) |
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Volume instilled, ml | 270 (180 - 300) | 251 (180 - 300) |
Volume recovered, ml | 156 (113 - 207) | 125 (50 - 201) |
Percent BAL recovery | 58.5 (40 – 71) | 48.8 (28 - 68) |
Total cells recovered (×106) | 9.8 (2.4 – 30.7) | 6.6 (3.0 – 17.6) |
Cells recovered/ml (×103) | 66.3 (18.7 – 179.9) | 59.4 (15.7 – 222.3) |
Macrophages, % | 91.6 (70.9 – 99.2) | 89.6 (49.5 – 99.6) |
Lymphocytes, % | 6.9 (0.8 – 26.5) | 8.5 (0.2 – 47.8) |
Eosinophils, % | 0.1 (0 – 0.6) | 0.8 (0 – 5.8)* |
Neutrophils, % | 1.4 (0.2 – 3.6) | 1.1 (0 – 8.2) |
Data are presented as mean (range).
Denotes statistically significant difference between asthma and control groups (p < 0.001).