Table 4. HPF counts of inflammatory cells and macrophages in the epithelium of IP

Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV
Inflammatory cells 22.05±13.83* 17.21±12.70*, 7.97±9.06*, 0.73±0.79*
Macrophages 2.80±3.44 1.80±2.08 0.88±0.01 0
p=0.001 between I+II and III+IV.
p=0.04 between II and III.
p=0.026 between I+II and III+IV using Student’s t-test.
Adopted from Roh et al.4) with permission of John Wiley & Sons.