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. 2012 Oct 5;303(12):L1046–L1056. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00139.2012

Table 1.

Demographics of IPF patients

All
Nonprogressor by 48 wk
Progressor by 48 wk
n Mean SD n Mean SD n Mean SD
Age, yr 54 64.27 8.19 32 63.89 9.24 21 64.38 6.36
Baseline FVC, %predicted 53 68.47 15.84 32 68.79 15.78 20 68.82 16.28
Baseline FEV1, %predicted 53 71.34 16.79 32 72.16 17.98 20 70.91 15.03
Baseline DlCO, %predicted 50 40.77 14.31 29 42.74 12.33 20 39.14 16.26
Baseline periostin, μg/ml 54 21.49 116.97 32 2.23 6.46 21 51.86 186.04
n No. % n No. % n No. %
Male 54 39 72.22 32 24 75.00 21 15 71.43
History of smoking* 54 43 79.63 32 25 78.13 21 18 85.71

FVC, forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s; DlCO, diffusion capacity of the lung for CO.

*

Patient was a past or current smoker vs. never smoker.

One patient with only 6 mo of follow-up was excluded from progressor and nonprogressor demographic summary, since classification was unknown past 6 mo.