Figure 2
From: Predictors for bronchoalveolar lavage recovery failure in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
BALF recovery rates and recovery failure frequency in the derivation cohort. (a) The median BALF recovery rates (interquartile ranges) from RS, RM, RI, LS, LL, and LI were 49.7% (29.7–59.7), 49.3% (36.7–60.0), 29.7% (13.7–44.7), 28.0% (22.7–45.0), 45.3% (32.7–64.0), and 51.9% (39.3–60.7), respectively. (b) The median BALF recovery rate in the RM/LL group was significantly higher than those in the others group (49.3% vs. 43.3%, respectively, P = 0.04). (c) The BALF recovery failure frequency in RS, RM, RI, LS, LL, and LI were 22.7%, 15.1%, 60.0%, 55.6%, 16.3%, and 0%, respectively. (d) The BALF recovery failure frequency in the RM/LL group was significantly lower than those in the others group (15.2% vs. 32.5%, respectively, P = 0.01). BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, RS right superior lobe, RM right middle lobe, RI right inferior lobe, LS left superior lobe other than lingual, LL left lingual, LI left inferior lobe.
