Table 1.

General features (clinical and instrumental data) of the study population

	Groups
	PS	ILD
N. of subjects	10	9
Age, years (mean±SD)	57±10	64±11
Sex F/M	4F/6M	3F/6M
Clinical diagnosis	Sarcoidosis	Interstitial lung diseases
FVC % (range; mean±SD)	71-98; 94.2±15.6	42-88; 63.8±28.8
DLCO % (range; mean±SD)	25-85; 66.7±17.5	34-75; 54.3±15
Recent infections	0/10	0/9
Probiotics assumption	0/10	0/9
Immunosuppressive therapy (N)	1/10	0/9
Corticosteroid therapy (N)	2/10	1/9

PS, pulmonary sarcoidosis patients; ILD, interstitial lung diseases; SD, standard deviation; F, female; M, male; FVC, forced vital capacity; DLCO, diffusing capacity of the lung carbon monoxide; N, number