Table 1.

Clinical profiles of the 25 IPF patients

Patient	Sex	Age (years)	Pulmonary function testsa
			Forced vital capacity	Carbon monoxide transfer factor
1	M	74	56	51
2	M	56	99	N/A
3	M	75	61	69
4	M	72	41	N/A
5	M	86	75	37
6	M	73	98.9	68.6
7	M	73	89	42
8	M	71	101.1	N/A
9	M	76	91	59
10	M	74	70	N/A
11	M	74	63	34
12	M	81	67	N/A
13	M	56	62	26
14	M	66	70	40
15	M	76	87	62
16	M	82	119	74
17	F	71	106	45
18	M	72	N/A	N/A
19	M	71	N/A	N/A
20	F	63	68.7	37.3
21	M	77	86	56
22	M	73	52	N/A
23	F	65	80	57
24	M	77	101	62
25	M	86	104	70

N/A not applicable

^aPulmonary function test data are percentage predicted