TABLE 1.
Clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
| Demographics | N=193 |
| Sex male | 140 (73) |
| Age years | 70±8 |
| Smoking status | |
| Never | 70 (36) |
| Ex | 113 (59) |
| Current | 10 (5) |
| Pulmonary function tests | |
| FVC % predicted | 79±18 |
| DLCO % predicted | 48±14 |
| Radiology | |
| UIP probable/definite | 57.7 |
| Honeycombing | 30 |
| PPFE | 21 |
Data are presented as n (%), mean±sd or %. Radiological variables are expressed as presence or absence. FVC: forced vital capacity; DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lung for CO; UIP: usual interstitial pneumonia; PPFE: pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis.