Table 1.
Demographics and Basic Clinical Features.
| Parameter | Controls (n = 7) |
Sarcoidosis (n = 15) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Value | Mean Value | ||
| Total Participants | |||
| Female (number)/(%) | 4/(50%) | 11/(73.3%) | NS |
| Age (years) | 45.4 | 53.1 | NS |
| Race | |||
| Black (number)/(%) | 5/(62.5) | 8/(53.3) | NS |
| White (number)/(%) | 2/(25) | 5/(33.3) | NS |
| Asian (number)/(%) | 1/(12.5) | 0 | NS |
| Multiracial (number)/(%) | 0 | 2/(13.3) | NS |
| Height (cm), (SD) | 174, (0.91) | 168, (0.36) | NS |
| Modification of MRC Dyspnea Scale | 0 | 0.9, (1.36) | 0.027 |
| Inhaled Steroid (number/(%)), (SD) | 0 | 5/(33.3%), (0.49) | 0.019 |
| Prednisone (number / (%)), (SD) | 0 | 2/(20%), (0.35) | NS |
Abbreviations: Medical Research Council (MRC). SD: standard deviation. NS: not significant.