Bronchoalveolar lavage features of sarcoidosis patients and control subjects
| Cell recovery (×103) | Alveolar macrophages (×103 (%)) | Lymphocytes (×103 (%)) | Neutrophils (×103 (%)) | |
| Active sarcoidosis (n=25) | 333±73 | 249±58 (74±6) | 82±27 (25±6) | 2.5±2.5 (0.8±0.9) |
| Inactive sarcoidosis (n=11) | 109±31 | 102±27 (94±4) | 5±4 (4±2) | 0.6±0.9 (0.5±0.8) |
| Controls (n=10) | 128±27 | 119±27 (93±3) | 9±4 (7±4) | 0.5±0.8 (0.4±0.7) |