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. 2016 May 17;2016:4759040. doi: 10.1155/2016/4759040

Table 1.

Subject characteristics.

IPF BP HC
Subjects (n) 65 31 101
Age, yr 69.3 ± 8.5∗∗ 67.8 ± 15.0∗∗ 55.9 ± 2.3
Sex, M/F 50/15 21/10 76/25
Pack-years 37.6 ± 35.4 21.5 ± 26.7 13.7 ± 21.0
Spirometry
 % VC, % 74.5 ± 21.2∗∗ 109.5 ± 13.2
 FEV1/FVC, % 83.5 ± 17.0 80.6 ± 4.9
 % DLCO, % 47.1 ± 15.8

IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, BP: bacterial pneumonia, HC: healthy controls, VC: vital capacity, FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 second, FVC: forced vital capacity, and DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide.

Data represent the mean ± SD.

Significant differences versus the HC were evaluated using Mann-Whitney U test.

p < 0.001 and ∗∗ p < 0.0001.