Table 2.

Average fold change observed in leukocyte count in the bronchoalveolar lavage wash obtained from male and female naïve or A. fumigatus challenged mice at days 3 or 28 post third fungal challenge.

Cell Type	Male Naïve	Female Naïve	Male D3	Female D3	Male D28	Female D28
Macrophages	1	1	−0.4	−0.4	0.9	1.0
Neutrophils	1	1	52.0	69.6 #	2.9	6.9
Eosinophils	1	1	257.7	461.9 ##	5.6	9.4
Lymphocytes	1	1	53.0	80.1 #	27.7	45.5 ##
Total	1	1	4.0	4.3	1.5	1.7

Note: The fold change was calculated relative to the naïve cell counts. ^#, ^##; p-value ≤ 0.05 and 0.01, respectively, indicate a comparison of average fold change values between male and female A. fumigatus challenged mice. The negative sign indicates a decrease in fold-change in A. fumigatus challenged mice with respect to naïve mice.