. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Lancet Respir Med. 2014 Apr 21;2(7):548–556. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70069-4

Table 1.

Patient population baseline characteristics.

Demographics	N=55
Age (years)	64·3 (7·5)
Male gender	37/55 (67·2%)
Past Smoker	35/55 (63·6%)
Current Smoker	2/55 (3·64%)
Pack-years	47·6 (52·3)
FEV1% predicted	73·2 (18·3)
FVC % predicted	70·1 (17·0)
DLCO % predicted	42·3 (14·0)
Desaturation <88% during 6MWT	29/55 (52·7%)
History of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease	31/55 (56·4%)
Mean follow-up time (days)	355·8
Microbiome Indices
Shannon Diversity Index	2·41 (0·46)
Inverse Simpson Index	8·52(3·86)