[Retracted] Diagnostic and Staging Value of Serum Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme in Sarcoidosis

Table 1

Demographic characteristics and sACE levels of sarcoidosis and nonsarcoidosis patients.

Parameters	Sarcoidosis ()	Nonsarcoidosis ()	value	value
Age (years)			0.176	0.861
Gender (male/female)	14 : 56	8 : 6	8.326	0.007
sACE (U/L)			3.385	0.001
FEV1%pred			0.043	0.966
FEV1/FVC (%)			-1.136	0.261
DLCO%pred			-0.964	0.340
WBC (×10^9/L)			0.697	0.488
Lymphocyte (%)			-0.075	0.940
Hemoglobin (g/L)			-0.506	0.615
ESR (mm/h)			0.295	0.769
BALF lymphocyte (%)			5.000	<0.001
BALF neutrophil (%)			-3.913	<0.001