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Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of healthy children or adult volunteers included in this study

	Children	Younger adults	Older adults
Number	23	8	11
Age (yr), mean ± SD	5 ± 2	26 ± 6	58 ± 4
Sex (female, male)	12, 11	5, 3	4, 7
Smoking (ever, never, current)	N/A	0, 6, 2	1, 7, 3
FVC (% predicted, ± SD)^a	N/A	97.84 ± 9	102.65 ± 9.4
BAL cell count/ml (×10⁶)^a	0.11 ± 0.1	3.28 ± 2	2.27 ± 1.26

	Children	Younger adults	Older adults
Number	23	8	11
Age (yr), mean ± SD	5 ± 2	26 ± 6	58 ± 4
Sex (female, male)	12, 11	5, 3	4, 7
Smoking (ever, never, current)	N/A	0, 6, 2	1, 7, 3
FVC (% predicted, ± SD)^a	N/A	97.84 ± 9	102.65 ± 9.4
BAL cell count/ml (×10⁶)^a	0.11 ± 0.1	3.28 ± 2	2.27 ± 1.26

FVC, forced vital capacity; N/A, not applicable.

Data from adult volunteers or children undergoing bronchoscopy only.