Detection of bile acids in BALF correlates with inflammation and clinical outcomes
lung disease, airway inflammation
LUNG DISEASE
We detected bile acids (BA) in 49/121 (40%) of the BALF specimens, with a concentration range of 0.003–1.095 µM (median 0.019 µM, IQR = 0.011–0.078 µM) (Table SDetection of bile acids in BALF associates with airway inflammation and clinical outcomes. Patients with BA detected in BALF demonstrated higher percentage of structural lung disease (median [IQR], BA detected: 0.97 [0.32–1.94]; no BA detected: 0.51 [0.12–1.05]; WRST (