Table 1

Detection of sialyl Lewis X-i antigen in serum

Patient no	Diagnosis	Age	Sex	Brinkman index	Serum sialyl Lewis X-i antigen (U/ml)
IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Brinkman index = (number of cigarettes per day) × (years smoked).
1	Lung adenocarcinoma	47	M	1500	100.0
2	Lung adenocarcinoma	77	F	0	140.0
3	Lung adenocarcinoma	50	M	1200	150.0
4	Lung adenocarcinoma	45	M	300	51.4
5	Lung adenocarcinoma	56	F	800	157.0
6	Lung adenocarcinoma	65	F	300	102.0
7	Lung adenocarcinoma	36	M	100	550.0
8	IPF	66	M	600	317.0
9	IPF	58	M	1000	145.3
10	IPF	74	M	1800	100.0
11	Lung adenocarcinoma	65	F	0	109.0
12	Lung adenocarcinoma	49	M	600	155.0
13	Lung adenocarcinoma	60	F	0	230.0
14	Lung adenocarcinoma	52	M	640	145.0
15	Lung adenocarcinoma	44	M	600	116.0
16	Lung adenocarcinoma	71	F	0	129.6
17	Lung adenocarcinoma	66	F	1600	136.0
18	Diffuse panbronchiolitis	67	F	0	111.0
19	IPF	57	M	400	282.0
20	IPF	49	M	675	62.0
21	IPF	55	F	0	66.4
22	Bronchiectasis	72	F	0	109.6
23	Diffuse panbronchiolitis	53	M	640	77.4