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Table 3 Correlation between the percentage and absolute number of BAL cells per milliliter recovery and different BALF cytokines

From: Bronchoalveoloar lavage fluid cytokines and chemokines as markers and predictors for the outcome of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis patients

 

GCSF

IL-1β

IL-2

IL-4

IL-6

SSc

Percentage of cells

Eosinophils

     

Lymphocytes

     

Neutrophils

0.490b

0.369a

0.433a

0.544b

 

Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid

Eosinophils

     

Lymphocytes

     

Neutrophils

0.672c

0.489b

 

0.599c

 

Controls

     

Eosinophils

     

Controls

     

Percentage of cells

     

Eosinophils

0.647c

0.412a

0.541b

0.669c

0.575b

Lymphocytes

     

Neutrophils

 

0.490a

  

0.512b

Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid

Eosinophils

0.532b

0.924c

 

0.585b

 

Lymphocytes

 

0.627b

   

Neutrophils

 

0.912c

 

0.544b

 
 

IL-8

IL-10

CCL2

CCL4

TNF-α

SSc

Percentage of cells

Eosinophils

     

Lymphocytes

   

0.392a

 

Neutrophils

0.604c

 

0.628c

 

0.622c

Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid

Eosinophils

     

Lymphocytes

     

Neutrophils

    

0.549b

Controls

     

Percentage of cells

     

Eosinophils

0.586b

0.592b

0.770c

0.526b

0.813c

Lymphocytes

   

0.594b

 

Neutrophils

  

0.472a

 

0.453a

Absolute number of cells per millilitre of recovery fluid

Eosinophils

0.608c

  

0.869c

 

Lymphocytes

0.425a

-0.396a

 

0.772c

 

Neutrophils

0.718c

0.536b

 

0.852c

0.647c

  1. Results in SSc patients (n = 38) versus controls (n = 26). Pearson correlation coefficient is given. aP < 0.05, bP < 0.01, and cP < 0.001.