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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: COPD. 2019 Feb 4;15(6):572–580. doi: 10.1080/15412555.2019.1566892

Table 3.

Differential cell counts.

Cell SS n SS Mean ± SD IS n IS Mean ± SD p Value
Total cells/mg 45 4597 ± 7806 78 3583 ± 6685 0.486
% pmn 45 77 ± 17 78 77 ± 19 0.878
pmn cells/mg 45 4009 ± 7143 78 3132 ± 6341 0.511
% mac 45 18 ± 15 78 20 ± 19 0.468
mac cells/mg 45 465 ± 781 78 357 ± 468 0.460
% eos 45 2.8 ± 3.1 78 2.6 ± 4.2 0.145
eos cells/mg 45 98 ± 186 78 65 ± 122 0.219
% lym 45 0.5 ± 0.9 78 0.3 ± 0.4 0.087
lym cells/mg 45 12.2 ± 22.3 78 5.6 ± 19.4 0.087
% bec 45 1.4 ± 3.4 78 1.5 ± 3.3 0.960
bec cells/mg 45 11.7 ± 15.2 78 21.3 ± 36.9 0.092
% sec 45 16.4 ± 22.9 78 15.4 ± 18.8 0.665

pmn-polymorphonuclear leukocytes; mac-macrophages, eos-eosinophils;

lym-lymphocytes; bec-bronchial epithelial cells; sec-squamous epithelial cells