TABLE 2.
PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID METABOLITE LEVELS VERSUS VARIOUS INFLAMMATORY CELLS PERCENTAGES
| Mac% | Eos% | Lym% | Neu% | |
| Energy metabolites | ||||
| Lactate | −0.448* | 0.506* | N.S. | N.S. |
| Malate | −0.421† | 0.465* | N.S. | N.S. |
| Carbohydrates | ||||
| Galactose | 0.588* | −0.621* | N.S. | −0.493* |
| Mannose | 0.569* | −0.602* | N.S. | −0.474* |
| Arabinose | N.S. | −0.362† | N.S. | N.S. |
| Sterols metabolites | ||||
| Cholesterol | 0.624* | −0.575* | N.S. | −0.467* |
| Cortol | 0.650* | −0.667* | N.S. | N.S. |
| Cholic acid | 0.649* | −0.643* | N.S. | −0.426* |
| Lipid metabolites | ||||
| Phosphatidylcholines | 0.650* | −0.615* | N.S. | −0.466* |
| Diglycerides | 0.579* | −0.525* | N.S. | −0.419† |
| Triglycerides | 0.630* | −0.620* | N.S. | −0.473* |
| Choline | −0.622* | 0.683* | N.S. | 0.477* |
| Hexadecenoylcholine | −0.449* | 0.489* | N.S. | N.S. |
Definition of abbreviations: Eos%, percentage of eosinophils over total cells; Lym%, percentage of lymphocytes over total cells; Mac%, percentage of macrophages over total cells; Neu%, percentage of neutrophils over total cells; N.S. no significant correlations, P > 0.05; Total, total inflammatory cell numbers.
Moderate correlations are values of −0.5 to −0.3 (negative correlations) or 0.3 to 0.5; strong correlations are values of −1.0 to −0.5 (negative correlations) or 0.5 to 1.0.
*
Significant correlation, P < 0.01
†
Significant correlation, P < 0.05.