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Table 3 Changes in the exhaled NO levels, lung function and systemic inflammatory markers during steroid treatment

From: Increase of nitrosative stress in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia

 

pre

post

p value

FENO (ppb)

44.1 ± 4.7

27.3 ± 2.1

p = 0.021*

Calv (ppb)

15.1 ± 2.4

6.90 ± 0.87

p = 0.008**

VC (L)

2.46 ± 0.38

2. 96 ± 0.34

p = 0.008**

%VC (%)

83.6 ± 11

100 ± 11

p = 0.008**

FEV1.0 (L)

1.96 ± 0.24

2.12 ± 0.23

p = 0.11

FEV1.0% (%)

82.2 ± 3.9

78.2 ± 4.6

p = 0.47

%FEV1.0 (%)

82.0 ± 9.1

91.2 ± 9.0

p = 0.25

%DLCO (%)

92.4 ± 18

113 ± 15

p = 0.11

%DLCO/VA (%)

79.4 ± 6.8

85.3 ± 5.1

p = 0.47

eosinophil (/μl)

584 ± 210

45.4 ± 13

p = 0.008**

CRP (mg/dl)

1.91 ± 1.0

0.348 ± 0.29

p = 0.016*

  1. pre = pre steroid treatment; post = post steroid treatment; p values compared with the values of pre steroid treatment. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01