Table 3

Antilogarithms of the mean differences and the limits of agreement for inflammatory mediator detection in sputum treated with DTT compared with NaCl

Mean differenceLower limit of agreementUpper limit of agreement
For definition of abbreviations see footnote to table 1.
IL-1β0.8330.2043.408
IL-60.9700.1615.849
IL-80.8840.2612.987
LTB41.1930.3334.266
SLPI1.4190.10918.544
α1-AT0.7350.2222.433
TNFα7.7020.091549.839
NE0.7700.1863.191
MPO3.2020.24541.483