Table 2 Characteristics of pulmonary inflammation in control and obese mice before ventilation.

From: Pulmonary Effects of Adjusting Tidal Volume to Actual or Ideal Body Weight in Ventilated Obese Mice

 

NVC (n = 9–11)

NVO (n = 9–11)

p

BAL cell count (cells/mL)

80,000 [68,300–95,556]

73,333 [64,444–88,889]

0.60

BAL neutrophil (cells/mL)

444 [0–683]

0 [0–433]

0.16

Macrophages (103 cells/lungs)

519 [394–723]

560 [499–1018]

0.11

Neutrophils (103 cells/lungs)

882 [453–2,083]

1,374 [912–2,555]

0.36

Monocytes (103 cells/lungs)

246 [115–636]

375 [230–534]

0.34

Histologic inflammation score

3.0 [2.5–7.5]

9.0 [6.0–11.0]

0.08

  1. Pulmonary inflammation was characterized by BAL cell counts, number of inflammatory cells counted by flow cytometry and a histologic inflammation score. BAL: Bronchoalveolar lavage.
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