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Table 2 Change in sputum cell counts

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

  1. Variables reported as median (IQR); p-value derived from the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.