Table 4 Inflammatory cells in sputum after smoking and no smoking.
From: Acute effects of cigarette smoking on inflammation in healthy intermittent smokers
| Â | Baseline (192 hours) | 3 hours | 6 hours | 12 hours | 24 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SMOKING | |||||
Sputum cells, 106/ml | 1.8 (0.1–16.3) | 2.0 (0.3–6.6) | 2.4 (0.1–7.3) | 2.4 (0.5–6.6) | 2.6 (0.0–9.0) |
Neutrophils, % | 56.9 (22.0–97.3) | 56.4 (4.0–96.0) | 83.2 (13.7–97.3) | 77.5 (32.2–98.3) | 67.3 (39.0–84.3) |
Macrophages, % | 37.9 (2.5–74.5) | 42.2 (3.7–84.8) | 13.8 (2.5–68.5) | 16.8 (1.7–61.7) | 27.4 (14.8–57.7) |
Eosinophils, % | 0.1 (0.0–6.2) | 0.5 (0.0–5.2) | 0.0 (0.0–0.3) | 1.1 (0.0–8.3) | 1.0 (0.0–5.2) |
Lymphocytes, % | 1.1 (0.0–3.8) | 0.4 (0.0–1.7) | 1.0 (0.0–2.0) | 1.2 (0.0–7.3) | 0.4 (0.0–1.8) |
NO SMOKING | |||||
Sputum cells, 106/ml | 2.8 (0.8–23.8) | 3.1 (0.1–20.4) | 2.0 (0.7–7.9) | 2.1 (0.4–6.2) | 2.1 (0.6–9.5) |
Neutrophils, % | 50.9 (20.3–84.8) | 58.9 (31.8–94.2) | 73.2 (22.8–94.7) | 83.2 (26.7–98.3) | 64.5 (29.0–80.3) |
Macrophages, % | 46.9 (15.0–77.7) | 38.5 (4.2–64.0) | 20.8 (4.5–71.2) | 10.3 (1.7–67.8) | 28.7 (16.0–66.5) |
Eosinophils, % | 0.2 (0.0–3.2) | 0.3 (0.0–1.2) | 0.2 (0.0–4.2) | 1.7 (0.0–15.5) | 2.2 (0.5–12.5) |
Lymphocytes, % | 0.7 (0.0–4.0) | 0.9 (0.0–2.8) | 0.4 (0.0–3.5) | 0.2 (0.0–3.7) | 0.9 (0.0–1.5) |