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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Aug 16;11(1):65–73. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00251-X

Table:

Characteristics of individuals included in FVC and DLCO analyses

Discovery GWAS
Follow-up
Total
US UK UUS CleanUP-IPF
FVC
Sample size 142 314 592 281 1329
Study centres 3 4 6 1 14
Sex
 Female 34 (23∙9%) 90 (28∙7%) 143 (24∙2%) 57 (20∙3%) 324 (24∙4%)
 Male 108 (76∙1%) 224 (71∙3%) 449 (75∙8%) 224 (79∙7%) 1005 (75∙6%)
Mean age at baseline, years 65∙7 (8∙3) 71∙7 (8∙2) 68∙8 (8∙0) 71∙3 (7∙4) 69∙7 (8∙2)
Total number of visits 604 1440 2516 656 5216
Mean number of visits per person 4∙3 (1∙8) 4∙6 (2∙1) 4∙3 (1∙8) 2∙3 (0∙5) 3∙9 (1∙9)
Maximum number of visits 13 12 14 3 14
Number of deaths 27 (19∙0%) 110 (35∙0%) 136 (23∙0%) 11 (3∙9%) 284 (21∙4%)
DLCO
Sample size 75 293 361 246 975
Study centres 2 4 4 1 11
Sex
 Female 15 (20∙0%) 79 (27∙0%) 88 (24∙4%) 54 (22∙0%) 236 (24∙2%)
 Male 60 (80∙0%) 214 (73∙0%) 273 (75∙6%) 192 (78∙1%) 739 (75∙8%)
Mean age at baseline, years 67∙5 (8∙5) 71∙5 (8∙2) 69∙2 (8∙1) 71∙1 (7∙4) 70∙2 (8∙1)
Total number of visits 251 1146 1398 566 3361
Mean number of visits per person 3∙3 (1∙4) 3∙9 (1∙7) 3∙9 (1∙7) 2∙3 (0∙5) 3∙4 (1∙7)
Maximum number of visits 7 11 13 3 13
Number of deaths 17 (22∙7%) 94 (32∙1%) 112 (31∙0%) 9 (3∙7%) 232 (23∙8%)

Data are n, n (%), or mean (SD). CleanUP-IPF=Clinical Efficacy of Antimicrobial Therapy Strategy Using Pragmatic Design in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis study. DLCO=diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. FVC=forced vital capacity. GWAS=genome-wide association study. USS=US, UK, and Spain.