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. 2021 Mar 30;204(1):74–81. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202003-0669OC

Table 1.

Summary of Patient Baseline Characteristics in the Pooled ASCEND, CAPACITY, and INSPIRE Population by Monocyte Count

  All Patients (n = 2,067) Patients, by Monocyte Count
<0.60 × 109 cells/L (n = 1,609) 0.60 to <0.95 × 109 cells/L (n = 408) ≥0.95 × 109 cells/L (n = 50)
Age, mean (SD), yr 66.7 (7.6) 66.4 (7.7) 67.8 (7.3) 67.7 (8.1)
Sex, n (%)        
 M 1,508 (73.0) 1,136 (70.6) 328 (80.4) 44 (88.0)
Monocytes, × 109 cells/L        
 Mean* (SD) 0.49 (0.18) 0.41 (0.10) 0.71 (0.09) 1.14 (0.29)
Quintile, minimum–maximum        
 First 0.10−0.34 0.10−0.32 0.60−0.62 0.95−0.96
 Second 0.35−0.42 0.33−0.38 0.63−0.66 0.97−1.01
 Third 0.43−0.50 0.39−0.44 0.67−0.71 1.02−1.09
 Fourth 0.51−0.61 0.45−0.51 0.72−0.77 1.11−1.21
 Fifth 0.62−2.81 0.52−0.59 0.78−0.94 1.24−2.81
FVC% predicted, mean (SD) 69.0 (15.0) 69.7 (15.1) 67.4 (14.3) 63.1 (14.3)
DlCO% predicted, mean (SD) 43.6 (11.4) 44.1 (11.4) 41.9 (11.2) 41.4 (9.4)
6MWD, mean (SD), m 382.0 (120.6) 385.3 (120.5) 374.7 (119.6) 336.3 (122.8)
UCSD-SOBQ total score, mean (SD) 39.1 (24.6) 38.6 (24.4) 39.7 (24.9) 47.0 (26.8)
Comorbidities,n (%)
 GERD 645 (31.2) 473 (29.4) 154 (37.7) 18 (36.0)
 CAD 444 (21.5) 310 (19.3) 111 (27.2) 23 (46.0)
 COPD 114 (5.5) 83 (5.2) 30 (7.4) 1 (2.0)
 MI 111 (5.4) 73 (4.5) 34 (8.3) 4 (8.0)
 Pulmonary hypertension 50 (2.4) 27 (1.7) 22 (5.4) 1 (2.0)
 DVT 48 (2.3) 39 (2.4) 8 (2.0) 1 (2.0)
CV risk factors, n (%)
 Smoker 1,372 (66.4) 1,064 (66.1) 276 (67.6) 32 (64.0)
 Hypertension 1,068 (51.7) 815 (50.7) 230 (56.4) 23 (46.0)
 Obesity§ 897 (43.4) 686 (42.6) 187 (45.8) 24 (48.0)
 Hypercholesterolemia 864 (41.8) 650 (40.4) 190 (46.6) 24 (48.0)
 Diabetes 454 (22.0) 348 (21.6) 95 (23.3) 11 (22.0)
Chronic immunosuppressant use,ǁn (%)
 Steroid (systemic) 135 (6.5) 102 (6.3) 24 (5.9) 9 (18.0)
 Nonsteroid 33 (1.6) 25 (1.6) 7 (1.7) 1 (2.0)
 Neither 1,918 (92.8) 1,496 (93.0) 382 (93.6) 40 (80.0)

Definitionof abbreviations: 6MWD = 6-minute-walk distance; CAD = coronary artery disease; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CV = cardiovascular; DVT = deep vein thrombosis; GERD = gastroesophageal reflux disease; MI = myocardial infarction; UCSD-SOBQ = University of California, San Diego, Shortness of Breath Questionnaire.

*

At time of event (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis progression, defined as ≥10% absolute decline in FVC% predicted, ≥50 m decline in 6MWD, or death) or censor.

Includes comorbidities reported in >2% of the total patient population.

Current/former.

§

Body mass index >30 kg/m2.

ǁ

At any time from baseline through to end of 1-year follow-up period; values may sum more than 100%.