Table 1.
Reference values for bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings in healthy non-smoking and never smoking subjects from previously published studies.
Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings in healthy never-smoking subjects.
Figure 1.
Correlation with age for bronchoalveolar lavage fluid recovery (y-axis) in healthy never-smoking subjects.
Table 3.
Correlation with age for bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings in healthy never-smoking subjects.
Table 4.
Comparison of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings between healthy never-smoking females and males.
Figure 2.
Interval between bronchoalveolar lavages in healthy never-smoking subjects undergoing more than one investigation (number of investigations on y-axis).
Table 5.
Intraindividual variability of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings in healthy never-smoking subjects.
Figure 3.
Change in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings from first BAL (y-axis) related to time between investigations (x-axis) in healthy never-smoking subjects.
Table 6.
Comparison of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings between the middle lobe and the lingula in healthy never-smoking subjects.
Figure 4.
Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid findings (y-axis) during the calendar month (x-axis) in healthy never-smoking subjects.