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Inflammatory cells in sputum after smoking and no smoking. |
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| Baseline (192 hours) |
3 hours |
6 hours |
12 hours |
24 hours |
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| SMOKING |
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| Sputum cells, 106/ml |
1.8 (0.1–16.3) |
2.0 (0.3–6.6) |
2.4 (0.1–7.3) |
2.4 (0.5–6.6) |
2.6 (0.0–9.0) |
| Neutrophils, % |
56.9 (22.0–97.3) |
56.4 (4.0–96.0) |
83.2 (13.7–97.3) |
77.5 (32.2–98.3) |
67.3 (39.0–84.3) |
| Macrophages, % |
37.9 (2.5–74.5) |
42.2 (3.7–84.8) |
13.8 (2.5–68.5) |
16.8 (1.7–61.7) |
27.4 (14.8–57.7) |
| Eosinophils, % |
0.1 (0.0–6.2) |
0.5 (0.0–5.2) |
0.0 (0.0–0.3) |
1.1 (0.0–8.3) |
1.0 (0.0–5.2) |
| Lymphocytes, % |
1.1 (0.0–3.8) |
0.4 (0.0–1.7) |
1.0 (0.0–2.0) |
1.2 (0.0–7.3) |
0.4 (0.0–1.8) |
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| NO SMOKING |
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| Sputum cells, 106/ml |
2.8 (0.8–23.8) |
3.1 (0.1–20.4) |
2.0 (0.7–7.9) |
2.1 (0.4–6.2) |
2.1 (0.6–9.5) |
| Neutrophils, % |
50.9 (20.3–84.8) |
58.9 (31.8–94.2) |
73.2 (22.8–94.7) |
83.2 (26.7–98.3) |
64.5 (29.0–80.3) |
| Macrophages, % |
46.9 (15.0–77.7) |
38.5 (4.2–64.0) |
20.8 (4.5–71.2) |
10.3 (1.7–67.8) |
28.7 (16.0–66.5) |
| Eosinophils, % |
0.2 (0.0–3.2) |
0.3 (0.0–1.2) |
0.2 (0.0–4.2) |
1.7 (0.0–15.5) |
2.2 (0.5–12.5) |
| Lymphocytes, % |
0.7 (0.0–4.0) |
0.9 (0.0–2.8) |
0.4 (0.0–3.5) |
0.2 (0.0–3.7) |
0.9 (0.0–1.5) |
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van der Vaart et al. Respiratory Research 2005 6:22 doi:10.1186/1465-9921-6-22 |
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