Effect of Salt-Bromide-Iodine Thermal Water Inhalation on Functional and Biochemical Lung Parameters

Table 1

Characteristic of the groups.

Subjects	Gender	Age	BMI	Smokers/Ex-smokers (𝑁)	Pack/years (PY)
Total (𝑁=42)	M = 26; F = 16	70.8±9.3	28.2±4.5	7/18	23.5 (14.3–39.5)
Alveolar diseases (𝑁=20)
(i) Silicosis (𝑁=12)	M = 10; F = 2	76.3±5.0	27.2±3.5	0/8	17 (5.8–37.3)
(ii) Asbestosis (𝑁=6)	M = 3; F = 3	65.5±9.9	26.6±4.2	2/1	24 (1.4–68)
(iii) Silicoasbestosis (𝑁=2)	M = 2; F = 0	69.5±0.7	28.9±0.7	0/1	—
Bronchial diseases (𝑁=22)
(i) Chronic bronchitis (𝑁=15)	M = 7; F = 8	68.3±9.3	30.3±7.2	3/6	22.5 (14.5–70.3)
(ii) Asthma (𝑁=7)	M = 4; F = 3	66.1±11.6	27.8±2.8	2/3	23.4 (17.1–50.5)
Smokers or ex smokers with PY > 10 (𝑁=21)	M = 17; F = 4	70.4±11.5	28±3.3	7/14	25 (17–48.8)

Data presented as mean ± SD; SD: standard deviation or median (IQR); IQR: interquartile range.