Table 1 Clinical and bronchoalveolar lavage details of the study groups
From: Tumour necrosis factor-α production in fibrosing alveolitis is macrophage subset specific
Age (years): | Smoking | %Fluid recovery | Total BAL cells (× 105 /ml): | %Macr.: | %Lymph.: | %Neutr.: | % Eosin.: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | Sex (M:F) | median (range) | (S:EX:NS) | Treatment | median (range) | median (range) | median (range) | median (range) | median (range) | median (range) |
CFA (n = 9) | 5 : 4 | 60.0 (46–70) | 2 : 5 : 3 | 2 | 46.6 (12.7–63.3) | 1.37 (0.6–5.2) | 85.0 (72–92) | 5.0 (0–17) | 5.0 (2–15) | 1.0 (0–4) |
FASSc (n = 9) | 3 : 6 | 48.0 (27–68) | 0 : 3 : 6 | 3 | 53.3 (25.0–72.0) | 1.07 (0.1–2.1) | 87.0 (67–93) | 10.0 (3–25) | 3.0 (1–8) | 0.0 (0–4) |
SSc no FA (n = 10) | 3 : 7 | 47.0 (27–57) | 0 : 4 : 6 | 1 | 49.2 (11.6–65.0) | 0.82 (0.2–6.7) | 91.0 (62–98) | 9.0 (2–11) | 1.0 (0–2.9) | 0.0 (0–2) |
Normal (n = 10) | 7 : 3 | 30.0 (28–34) | 1 : 1 : 8 | 0 | 58.8 (46.6–81.0) | 0.9 (0.1–3.4) | 92.5 (73–98) | 7.0 (2–26) | 0.5 (0–3) | 0.5 (0–1) |