Table 1.

Clinical characteristic of patients.

Patient’s Characteristics	ILD-SSc	Sarcoidosis	Neoplasia	All
n	5	5	6	16
Age + SD (in year)	62.6 + 8.5	54.2 + 7.4	55.2 + 9.9	57.2 + 9.1
number of women (% of women)	3 (60)	0 (0)	2 (33)	5 (31)
Number of Current smoker or ex-smoker (in %)	2 (40)	2 (40)	6 (100)	10 (67)