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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 10.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Jul;17(7):922–927. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0610

Table 2.

Bronchoalveolar lavage cell differential

	Cavitary Disease
	Yes (n = 22) Median (IQR)	No (n = 51) Median (IQR)	P value^*
Cells/mL × 10⁴	16.35 (14-25)	17.65 (9-32)	0.965
Alveolar macrophages, %	49 (10-69)	62 (30-82)	0.042
Lymph,%	5 (3-9)	4 (1-10)	0.443
PMN, %	41 (15-87)	26 (4-58)	0.043
Eosinophil, %	-	1 (1-1)	-

^*

Mann-Whitney U test

PMN = polymorphonuclear neutrophil