Tumor necrosis factor alpha as a marker of systemic and local inflammation in "healthy" smokers.

Int J Gen Med · 2009 · PMC2840575 · PMID 20360881

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In the study group we found a trend toward significance for the possible association between TNF-α levels in EBC and FEV 1 and FVC (r = –0.074 and 0.70 with p = 0.058 and 0.079, respectively) ( Table 2 ).

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