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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cell Counts.
| Parameter | Controls (n = 7) |
Sarcoidosis (n = 15) |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Value | SD | Mean Value | SD | ||
| BAL Cell count (× 107) | 21 | 9.7 | 22.6 | 14.8 | NS |
| BAL Lymphocytes (%) | 6.57 | 6.4 | 16.96 | 12.5 | 0.02 |
| BAL Macrophage (%) | 80.25 | 33.2 | 70.21 | 23.7 | NS |
| BALF % return (%) | 48.6 | 8.2 | 51.67 | 12.2 | NS |
| Viability of cells (%) | 80.57 | 15.7 | 84.6 | 8.0 | NS |
Abbreviation: NS: not significant.
