Association between Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Profile and Bronchial Inflammation in Bronchiolitis Obliterans

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

	Controls	Patients	p-Value
Number	26	25
Sex m : f	14 : 12	19 : 6
Age	19	13
	(7–31)	(7–39)
FVC (%)	95.1	71.7
	(73.9–121.1)	(31.2–90.4)
FEV1 (%)	95.5	48.0
	(76.7–124.2)	(26.3–82.9)
FEV1/FVC (%)	89.7	68.3
	(52.6–115.4)	(42.1–95.1)
RV (%)	171.0	236.1
	(92.9–274.5)	(107.0–313.2)
LCI	7.94	13.33
	(6.1–11.9)	(7.4–20.2)

Data are shown as median and range. Group differences between BO patients and control subjects were analysed using the Kruskal–Wallis test or Mann–Whitney test depending on the normality and homogeneity of variance assumptions. Abbreviations: FVC, forced viral capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume; RV, residual volume; LCI, lung clearance index.