Quantitative parameters of lymphocyte nuclear morphology in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid as novel biomarkers for sarcoidosis

Table 4 Clinical characteristics of the validation cohort

	Sarcoidosis	Other ILDs
Number of patients	8	45
Number of lymphocytes analyzed	439	2662
Age	56.3 ± 5.0	65.0 ± 2.0
Gender (male/female)	3/5	25/20
Smkoking (yes/no)	4/4	23/21 (NR: 1)
IIPs (COP or AIP)		5
IIPs (uILD)		5
CTD-ILD		12
HP		4
DILD		11
Infection		2
Others		6

ILD, interstitial lung disease; NR, not reported; IIP, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; COP, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; AIP, acute interstitial pneumonia; uILD, unclassifiable interstitial lung disease; CTD-ILD, connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease; HP, hypersensitivity pneumonia; DILD, drug-induced interstitial lung disease

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