Table 1. Patient characteristics.
| Diagnosis | DBRIa | AMEb | HPc | SARCd | Controls | In total |
| No. of cases (%) | 17 (25.4) | 9 (13.4) | 10 (14.9) | 11 (16.4) | 20 (29.9) | 67 |
| Male# (%) | 3 (17.6) | 3 (33.3) | 8 (80) | 4 (36.4) | 9 (45) | 27 (40.3) |
| Female# (%) | 14 (82.4) | 6 (66.7) | 2 (20) | 7 (63.6) | 11 (55) | 40 (59.7) |
| Age | ||||||
| Median | 48 | 47 | 54 | 48 | 35 | 45 |
| Mean (SD) | 48 (8) | 48 (6) | 53 (10) | 45 (13) | 36 (9) | 45 (11) |
| Range | 34–61 | 41–57 | 33–68 | 27–65 | 22–52 | 22–68 |
| Albumin mg/l BALfluid | ||||||
| Median | 30 | 36 | 39 | 66 | 23 | 33 |
| Mean (SD) | 36 (22) | 47 (29) | 67* (63*) | 82 (48) | 23* (9*) | 51 (24) |
| Cells×10E6/l BALfluid | ||||||
| Median | 122 | 278 | 280 | 114 | 125* | 146 |
| Mean (SD) | 140 (73) | 281 (127) | 367 (340) | 178 (111) | 128 (61)* | 200 (176) |
| Lymphocytes % | ||||||
| Median | 20 | 28 | 52 | 35 | 18* | 22 |
| Mean (SD) | 25 (16) | 31 (26) | 52 (21) | 26 (15) | 18 (9)* | 29 (20) |
| Neutrophils % | ||||||
| Median | 3* | 2 | 2* | 1* | 1** | 1 |
| Mean (SD) | 3 (3)* | 6 (9) | 3 (3)* | 1 (1)* | 2 (3)** | 3 (5) |
*Data available for ≥80% of samples.
**Data available for ≥75% of samples.
a
Damp building-related illness.
b
Agricultural type of microbial exposure.
c
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
d
Sarcoidosis.