From: The impact of diurnal variation on induced sputum cell counts in healthy adults
7 am | 4 pm | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Total cell count, x106/g | 2 (0.95,3.55) | 1.39 (0.75,2.97) | 0.34 |
Neutrophils, % | 51.5 (35,68) | 51 (35,68) | 0.84 |
Neutrophils, x106/g | 0.81 (0.33,1.37) | 0.81 (0.28,1.32) | 0.96 |
Eosinophils, % | 0.7(0,2) | 0.5 (0,2) | 0.36 |
Eosinophils, x106/g | 0.0069 (0,0.049) | 0.005 (0,0.027) | 0.08 |
Macrophages, % | 39.3 (25,57) | 37.3 (20,61) | 0.44 |
Macrophages, x106/g | 0.67 (0.30,1.39) | 0.44 (0.29,0.73) | 0.033 |
Lymphocytes, % | 1 (0,2.5) | 0.75 (0,3) | 0.46 |
Lymphocytes, x106/g | 0.005 (0,0.51) | 0.0076 (0,0.0385) | 0.076 |