Table 3.

Characteristics of study groups.

	Study group NON-EXPOSED (n = 20)	Study group EXPOSED (n = 17)
Age: median [min-max]	44 Years [22 Y−62 Y]	47 Years [23 Y−62 Y]
Gender:	40%♀, 60%♂	35%♀, 65%♂
Smoking status:	65% Never smoker	59% Never smoker
Professions/Occupations:	Professions/Occupations without exposure to mold	Arborists, forestry workers/forestry research workers
Exposure to C. corticale	none	29% rarely; 71% regularly
Health complaints after C. corticale exposure	none	60% (rarely exposed) and 50% (regularly exposed)
C. corticale spores (mgA/L): median [min-max; 90% quantil]	7.44 [1.0–115.31; 17.31]	8.17 [2.55–17.92; 13.04]
C. corticale mycelia (mgA/L): median [min-max; 90% quantil]	6.65 [0.88–95.02; 17.37]	5.79 [2.26–17.27; 11.65]