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

Table 7

EBC anions concentrations (ppb = μg/L) for patients with pneumopathologies before and after inhalation of salt-bromide-iodine thermal water versus controls.

Anion	Treatment		Controls
	BT	AT
Formate	101.1; (55.1–231.2)	160.3; (85.6–208.0)	93.4; (69.3–322.2)
Chloride	193.3; (88.1–271.8)	227.4; (130.4–275.2)	101.6; (53.6–188.9)
Nitrite	47.1; (21.1–141.7)	40.6; (30.3–124.9)	67.5; (21.9–156.8)
Nitrate	1169.5 ± 510.8	1417.7 ± 375.0	^¥256.3 ± 171.2^***
Sulphate	10.0; (10.0–27.9)	10; (10.0–24.3)	𝜑 66.9 ^***; (24.6–117.9)
Oxalate	39.6; (34.3–48.7)	44.1; (39.7–52.1)	ND

Data reported as median values (IQR); IQR: interquartile range, only for nitrate as mean values ± SD (SD: standard deviation); ^¥one-way ANOVA analysis of variance with Post Bonferroni test, 𝑃<0.001  ^***both controls versus BT and controls versus AT; 𝜑Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn’s post-test, 𝑃<0.001  ^***both controls versus BT and controls versus AT; BT: before treatment; AT: after treatment; ND: not determined.