Table 2.
Biomarkers measured in the sputum, EBC, and exhaled air in the examined patients with NCFB.
| Sputum inflammatory cells | |
| Neutrophils, median (range), % | 79.3 (1.5–98.1) |
| Eosinophils, median (range), % | 0.8 (0–70.2) |
| Exhaled NO, ppb | 22.5 (2–168) |
| MDA (EBC), nM | 30.4 (6–116) |