Table 4.
Median BAL CXCL9 concentrations by healthy biopsies vs. clinical status ƚ
Sample | CXCL9 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Size | pg/ml | p-value | |
Healthy | 532 | 349 | Reference |
Infection | 69 | 2,730 | < 0.001 |
Colonization | 272 | 417 | 0.152 |
ALI | 59 | 884 | 0.005 |
OP | 89 | 1,140 | 0.001 |
LB | 350 | 921 | < 0.001 |
AR | 261 | 967 | < 0.001 |
Mixed effects model comparing with healthy biopsies. Definition of abbreviations: BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage, Pg/ml = picogram/milliliter, ALI = acute lung injury, OP = organizing pneumonia, LB = lymphocytic bronchiolitis, AR = acute rejection, A1 = grade A1 acute rejection.