Table 1. Demographics and clinical data for healthy subjects and patients with sarcoidosis.

Category	Healthy	Sarcoidosis
Number	31	30
Age (years)	41 (20–72)	51 (28–73)
Male/female	13/18	16/14
Scadding chest x-ray stage (%)	—
0		7
1		33
2		43
3		17
Serum ACE activity (reference range 8–65 U/L)	—	84.5 (25–356)
C-reactive protein (reference range 0–8 mg/L)	—	3.8 (0.5–64)
Plasma viscosity (reference range 1.5–1.72 m.Pas.s)	—	1.68 (1.49–1.93)

Data are presented as median (range).