Table 1.
Characteristics of the study subjects.*
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of BAL findings in current smoking subjects.
Figure 1.
Relation between percentage of recovered fluid in BAL and age from current smokers and ex-smokers.
Figure 2.
Relation between cell viability in BAL fluid and age from current smokers and ex-smokers.
Figure 3.
Total cell concentration (106/L) in relation to age and smoking history in BAL fluid from current smokers, in three different groups according to age and smoking history expressed as pack-years (PY).
Figure 4.
Relation between cell concentration (106/L) in BAL fluid and smoking history expressed in pack-years, from current smokers.
Figure 5.
Relation between cell concentration and age in BAL fluid from current smokers and ex-smokers.
Table 3.
Step wise regression of pack-years and age with BAL findings in current smoking subjects.
Figure 6.
Cell concentration (106/L) of the various inflammatory cells in BAL fluid in current- smokers (CS) and never-smokers (NS) and ex-smokers (ES).
Mean and standard deviation are given.
Figure 7.
Differential cell count expressed in (% of total cells) in current smokers (CS) and neversmokers (NS) and ex-smokers (ES).
Mean and standard deviation are given.
Table 4.
Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in current smoking, never-smoking and ex-smoking subjects.
Table 5.
Comparison of bronchoalveolar lavage findings between current smoking, and ex-smoking subjects divided in men and women.