Cell numbers and subsets of lymphocytes in BAL fluid in women and men of different ages and correlation coefficients (r) for the relationship between age and cell numbers in women and men
| ⩽40 years | >43 years | r | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | All women | All men | ||||||
| Total cells | 500 (210–750) | 730 (610–1020) | 540 (80–720) | 490 (360–860) | 0.06 | −0.28 | |||||
| Lymphocytes | 34 (30–34) | 76 (4–165) | 52 (35–92) | 32 (20–80) | 0.35 | −0.32 | |||||
| CD3+ (T) | 24 (16–32) | 28 (22–93) | 40 (32–80) | 42 (19–110) | 0.55 | −0.09 | |||||
| CD4+ (T helper) | 11 (7–14) | 20 (8–56) | 30 (18–53) | 12 (7–25) | 0.55 | −0.43 | |||||
| CD8+ (T cytotoxic) | 5 (3–7) | 8 (5–15) | 7 (4–11) | 6 (3–11) | 0.24 | −0.36 | |||||
Cell numbers/l × 104.
Values are medians (25th–75th percentiles).