Table 2 Immunological, functional pulmonary data, and results from BAL and EBC of the study subjects
| Â | HP | Â | Non-HP | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 63 | n = 22 | |||||
Birds | Molds | p | Birds | Molds | p | |
n = 42 | n = 21 | n = 12 | n = 10 | |||
Avian IgG, + / - | 22/15 | ----- | - | 5/3 | ----- | - |
Fungal IgG, + / - | ----- | 11/7 | - | ----- | 2/6 | - |
FVC %, mean (SD) | 74.6 (14.3) | 75.53 (12.46) | 0.881 | 75.6 (17.0) | 77.33 (12.17) | 0.776 |
DLCO %, mean (SD) | 59.5 (17.6) | 63.47 (20.33) | 0.465 | 60.3 (15.0) | 64.44 (15.89) | 0.351 |
Bronchoscopy (n) | 35 | 17 | - | 9 | 9 | - |
Transbronchial biopsy (n)* | 25 | 13 | Â | 3 | 7 | |
Criobiopsy (n)* | 4 | 0 | Â | 2 | 1 | |
Bronquial biopsy (n)* | 0 | 0 | Â | 1 | 0 | |
Surgical biopsy(n)* | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
BAL (n) | 35 | 17 | - | 9 | 9 | - |
BAL lymphocytes* % | 19.8 (21) | 22.41 (17.91) | 0.663 | 20.33 (20.43) | 16.1 (11.95) | 0.685 |
SIC, +/− | 33/9 | 19/2 | - | 0/12 | 0/10 | - |
EBC pH before SIC | 7.9(0.86)** | 7.78(1.03)*** | 0.624 | 8.14(0.52) | 7.92(0.67) | 0.245 |
EBC pH after SIC | 7.88(0.74)** | 7.63(1.02)*** | 0.270 | 8.07(0.56) | 8.31 (0.19) | 0.273 |