Table 3 Characteristics of BAL cells from the study population
Group | Patients with asthma | Control subjects |
|---|---|---|
Recovery (ml) | 122 (90–147) | 123.5 (95–140) |
Total cells number (×106) | 3.9 (0.7–32.8) | 5.0 (1.4–27.4) |
Total cell number per volume of BAL recovered (×104/ml) | 3.0 (0.7–25.0) | 4.1 (1.0–23.2) |
Macrophages (%) | 89.0 (41.5–97.8) | 91.7 (82.7–98.7) |
Neutrophils (%) | 0.5 (0–3.9) | 0.3 (0–1.7) |
Eosinophils (%) | 0.3 (0–10.0)† | 0 (0–0.7) |
Lymphocytes (%) | 10.2 (1.8–57.3) | 7.9 (1.3–16.4) |