Research Article
Subjects in a Population Study with High Levels of FENO Have Associated Eosinophil Airway Inflammation
Table 2
Bronchial wash (BW) and BAL differential cell counts in subjects with high and normal FENO levels, respectively.
| | Differential cell count | Neutrophils (%) | Eosinophils (%) | Lymphocytes (%) | Macrophages (%) | | median | (IQR) | median | (IQR) | median | (IQR) | median | (IQR) |
| | BW high FENO | 24.0 | (28.6) | 9.0** | (19.3) | 11.2 | (7.7) | 46.0 | (34.2) | | BW normal FENO | 50.8 | (33.2) | 0.7 | (1.3) | 8.5 | (6.7) | 38.4 | (29.9) | | BAL high FENO | 3.2 | (5.5) | 2.1** | (6.3) | 12.8 | (8.7) | 79.2 | (21.2) | | BAL normal FENO | 2.7 | (2.4) | 0.6 | (1.3) | 13.2 | (8.7) | 81.5 | (11.8) |
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