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Figure 4

From: PSMB2 and RPL32 are suitable denominators to normalize gene expression profiles in bronchoalveolar cells

Figure 4

Equivalence test for ten housekeeping genes in the 2nd cohort subgroups based on the presence of disease, involvement of parenchyma, presence of Löfgren's syndrome, multi-organ involvement, smoking status, gender, and bronchoalveolar lavage cellular composition. Mean differences were calculated as follows: Mean(sarcoidosis patients)-Mean(control subjects), Mean(patients with involvement of parenchyma: CXR stages II/III)-Mean(patients without involvement of parenchyma: CXR stage I), Mean(Löfgren's syndrome patients)-Mean(non-Löfgren's syndrome patients), Mean(multi-organ involvement)-Mean(involvement of lung only), Mean(smokers)-Mean(non-smokers), Mean(males)-Mean(females), and Mean(pathological BAL cell count)-Mean(normal BAL cell count) for macrophages, lymphocytes, neutrophils and eosinophils. For more details see the legend to Fig. 2.

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