TABLE 2.

Plasma inflammatory markers during exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ECOPD) and clinical recovery

	ECOPD	Recovery	p-value
Subjects	56	41
Leukocytes ×103 μL−1	11.59±0.47	8.67±0.3	<0.0001
Neutrophils ×103 μL−1	85.4±1.3	62.6±1.6	<0.0001
Lymphocytes ×103 μL−1	9.3±0.6	24.35±1.0	<0.0001
C-reactive protein mg·dL−1	6.5±0.9	1.1±0.3	<0.0001

Data are presented as n or mean±sem, unless otherwise stated. Data were compared using a Mann–Witney test.