TABLE 1.
Recovery of cells from BAL fluid from 40 subjects according to gender and AIDS status
| Measure | Value for:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men with AIDS (n = 10) | Men without AIDS (n = 10) | Women with AIDS (n = 10) | Women without AIDS (n = 10) | |
| Mean cells/literab | 2.3 × 108 | 1.1 × 108 | 3.5 × 108 | 1.4 × 108 |
| SD cells/liter | 1.6 × 108 | 1.1 × 108 | 3.5 × 108 | 9.9 × 107 |
| Minimum cells/liter | 5.3 × 107 | 5.5 × 107 | 1.7 × 108 | 5.8 × 107 |
| Maximum cells/liter | 5.1 × 108 | 1.7 × 108 | 6.9 × 108 | 3.7 × 108 |
| PMNs (%)bc | 4.1 ± 6.0 | 0.8 ± .8 | 6.0 ± 12.0 | 1.6 ± 1.4 |
| Lymphocytes (%) | 10.9 ± 8.0 | 10.3 ± 20 | 13.6 ± 15.3 | 17.0 ± 16.3 |
| Monocytes/macrophages (%) | 84.4 ± 8.2 | 88.1 ± 20 | 78.5 ± 16.8 | 81.1 ± 16.2 |
| Eosinophils (%) | 0.3 ± 0.7 | 0.1 ± 0.3 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0.1 ± 1.0 |
| Degenerated cells (%) | 0.3 ± 0.9 | 0.7 ± 2.2 | 1.5 ± 3.2 | 0.2 ± 0.6 |
a
Values for men and women with AIDS combined were greater than those for normal subjects (P, 0.0002); there was no effect of gender alone or of gender and the presence of AIDS together on cell recovery (P, >0.05).
b
The number of AC and the percentage of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in BAL fluid were not significantly different when smoking women with AIDS were compared to nonsmoking women with AIDS (P for both, 0.63).
c
Gender, the presence of AIDS, or an interaction between gender and AIDS had no significant effect on the percentage of PMNs in BAL fluid (P, 0.5, 0.07, and 0.8, respectively).