Acute Outcomes of Cigarette Smoke and Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Inhalation in a Murine Model

Table 2

Effects of cigarette smoke and electronic cigarette aerosol on the influx of cells in bronchoalveolar lavage.

	C	CS	EC	value
Leucocytes (x10^3/mL)	118.00 ± 5.53	220.00 ± 6.49^a	234.00 ± 7.02^a
Macrophages (x10^3/mL)	108.40 ± 4.49	209.25 ± 7.41^a	220.32 ± 8.15^a
Lymphocytes (x10^3/mL)	7.81 ± 2.28	8.52 ± 1.79	8.89 ± 1.74
Neutrophils (x10^3/mL)	1.80 ± 3.44	2.23 ± 6.67	4.79 ± 1.00^a,b

C: control; CS: cigarette smoke; EC: electronic cigarette. The letter (a) represents a significant difference compared to C; the letter (b) represents a significant difference compared to CS. Data were expressed as mean ± SEM and were analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post-test ().