Calprotectin as a New Sensitive Marker of Neutrophilic Inflammation in Patients with Bronchiolitis Obliterans

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Controls	Patients with BO	value
	18	28	—
Age (years)	16.2 (7-25)	14.2 (6-27)	n.s.
Sex (m/f)	11/7	16/12	n.s.
FVC (%)	93.0 (71.6-105.8)	80.7 (25.5-107.4)	<0.001
FEV1 (%)	97.9 (83.3-114.9)	61.9 (14.6-105.2)	<0.001
MEF25 (%)	103.1 (44.9-137.1)	26.7 (6.7-107.9)	<0.001
RV/TLC (%)	134.8 (82.0-153.2)	177.3 (117.2-300.4)	<0.001
LCI	7.1 (6.0-8.4)	12.1 (7.3-20.5)	<0.001