Figure 3.

Results of RBL analysis for (A) all patients (n = 163) and divided into male (n = 63) and female (n = 100) and according to (B) the different age-groups (≤44 y, n= 42; 45–59 y, n = 65; ≥60 y, n = 56) and (C) smoking groups (non-smokers, n = 131; 1–15 py, n = 15; ≥16 py, n = 17). Results are depicted as medians, first and third quartiles and asterisks depict statistically significant differences between the groups. * marks significant differences with p ≤ 0.05; *** marks significant differences with p ≤ 0.001.