TREM-2 Receptor Expression Increases with 25(OH)D Vitamin Serum Levels in Patients with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis

Table 1

Characteristics of study subjects.

	PS
Number of patients	43
Male (%)	58.00
Mean age	39
DLCO (mean ± SD)	69.5 ± 15.7
Chest X-ray stage, (PS, stage I/II/III/IV)	8/30/3/2
>20% Lymphocytes in BALF (% patients)	73%
CD4/CD8 >3,5 (% patients)	67%
Lymphadenopathy (% patients)	88%
Granuloma proven (biopsy)	28%

PS: pulmonary sarcoidosis; DLCO: percentage of predicted carbon monoxide lung diffusion capacity.