Table 2.

Correlation analysis of the monocyte count and patients’ baseline characteristics (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients).^a

	Monocyte counts
	ρ	p Value
Age	−0.0987	0.28
FVC % predicted	0.0327	0.721
DLCO % predicted	−0.159	0.0823
ILD-GAP score	0.141	0.122
KL-6	0.116	0.202
LDH	−0.00502	0.956
IPF diagnosis	0.0861	0.346
Time from first visit to anti-fibrotic agent initiation (month)	0.0277	0.762
Corticosteroid dose at baseline	−0.0168	0.854

ρ: Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients; FVC: forced vital capacity; DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide; ILD-GAP: interstitial lung disease-gender, age, physiology; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

^a n = 122.