Research Article
Decreased Soluble Receptor of Advanced Glycation End Product Levels Correlated with Inflammation in Silicosis
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of study subjects.
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BMI: body mass index; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced volume capacity; FVC% pre: FVC% predicted; FEV1% pre: FEV1% predicted. Values are for normally distributed data or median (75th, 25th percentile) for nonnormally distributed data. aThe differences were calculated by the Chi-square test. bThe differences were calculated by Student’s -tests. cThe differences were calculated by the Mann-Whitney test. |