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Table 4 Patient characteristics in the phagocytosis assay

From: Decreased expression of a phagocytic receptor Siglec-1 on alveolar macrophages in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

Control never-smokers

Subjects (n)

5

Men/women

0/5

Age

72.5 (65.8–74.8)

Smoking (pack-years)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

FVC (%pred)

114.7 (107.4–122.6)

FEV1 (%pred)

116.6 (113.1–119.8)

FEV1/FVC (%)

80.9 (75.7–83.0)

Viable cell number per gram tissuea

3.1 × 106 (2.9 × 106–3.8 × 106)

Viability (%)b

88 (77–90)

  1. Data are presented as the median (with interquartile ranges)
  2. aViable cell number per gram tissue, the number of whole viable cells that were collected from one gram of lung tissues
  3. bViability was evaluated with trypan blue staining
  4. FVC forced vital capacity; FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FEV1%pred % predicted values of FEV1
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Respiratory Research

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