Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with ILD who underwent bronchoscopy based on post-bronchoscopy MDD data (N = 245)
| ILD (N = 245) | |
|---|---|
| Mean age (SD) | 58.4 (12.3) |
| Male, No. (%) | 106 (43.2) |
| Ethnicity, No. (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 175 (71.4) |
| Black | 25 (10.2) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 (11.0) |
| Asian | 7 (2.9) |
| Other | 3 (1.2) |
| Unknown | 8 (3.3) |
| Ever smoker, N (%) | 103 (42.0) |
| Antigen identified, No. (%) | 137 (55.9) |
| Any Avian | 95 (38.8) |
| Mold | 76 (31.0) |
| Other | 13 (5.3) |
| Baseline lung function, mean (SD), N | |
| FVC % predicted | 71.6 (33.6), 240 |
| DLCO % predicted | 52.2 (16.9), 218 |
| HRCT available for scoring | 244 (99.6) |
| Consistent with a non-IPF diagnosis | 177 (72.5) |
| Indeterminate UIP | 38 (15.6) |
| Probable UIP | 12 (4.9) |
| Definite UIP | 17 (7.0) |
| Invasive procedure performeda | |
| Surgical biopsy | 86 (35.1) |
| TBBx | 193 (78.8) |
| BAL | 147 (60.0) |
| BAL and TBBx | 117 (47.8) |
FVC forced vital capacity, DLCO diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, HRCT high-resolution computed tomography, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia, BAL bronchoalveolar lavage, TBBx transbronchial biopsy
a
27 patients had both transbronchial and surgical lung biopsy