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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2010 Dec 9;38(1):176–183. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00114010

Table 1.

Baseline Demographic and Pulmonary Function Data.

Baseline

n = 321
6 Month

n = 211
6 Month
HRCT
n = 169
12 Month

n = 144
12 Month
HRCT
n = 118
Age at diagnosis, mean (SD) 63.9 (9.7) 63.2 (10.0) 63.8 (9.8) 62.3 (10.0) 62.7 (10.0)
Male, n (%) 217 (67.6) 151 (71.6) 127 (75.1) 102 (70.8) 88 (74.6)
Ever tobacco use, n (%) 236 (73.5) 162 (76.8) 131 (77.5) 109 (75.7) 89 (75.4)
Tobacco pack-years, mean (SD) 26.2 (27.5) 27.2 (28.4) 27.2 (28.0) 26.6 (27.6) 27.3 (28.1)
Surgical lung biopsy, n (%) 245 (76.3) 158 (74.9) 118 (69.8) 113 (78.5) 88 (74.6)
Follow-up years, median (95%CI) 5.2 (4.9–6.1) 5.4 (5.1–7.0) 5.1 (4.7–6.1) 6.6 (5.3–7.7) 5.4 (5.0–7.0)

Pulmonary Function
  FEV1 % predicted, mean (SD) 79.2 (19.0) 79.1 (17.2) 79.1 (17.0) 80.7 (18.6) 80.9 (18.5)
  FVC % predicted, mean (SD) 67.6 (16.8) 68.0 (15.8) 67.7 (15.3) 69.0 (16.4) 69.0 (16.3)
  DLCO % predicted, mean (SD) 44.5 (16.2) 46.2 (15.3) 44.9 (14.8) 48.0 (16.1) 46.6 (15.6)
  CPI, mean (SD) 53.2 (12.4) 51.8 (11.7) 52.8 (11.2) 50.7 (12.1) 51.6 (11.7)

Definition of abbreviations: n = number of patients, SD = standard deviation, CI = confidence interval, FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second, FVC = forced vital capacity, DLCO = diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, CPI = composite physiologic index, HRCT = high resolution computed tomography.