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. 2021 Sep 30;22:257. doi: 10.1186/s12931-021-01851-4

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics at enrollment of patients who were and were not hospitalized during follow-up in the IPF-PRO Registry

Hospitalized during follow-up (n = 568) Not hospitalized during follow-up (n = 433)
Measure Missing data Measure Missing data
Male 419 (73.8) 0 328 (75.8) 0
Age, years 71 (66, 75) 0 70 (66, 76) 0
White 528 (93.0) 13 (2.3) 400 (92.4) 10 (2.3)
Body mass index, kg/m2 29.0 (25.9, 32.6) 21 (3.7) 28.8 (26.0, 31.8) 20 (4.6)
Smoking status 1 (0.2) 0
 Current 10 (1.8) 8 (1.8)
 Former 391 (68.8) 260 (60.0)
 Never 166 (29.2) 165 (38.1)
Private insurance 336 (59.2) 25 (4.4) 268 (61.9) 9 (2.1)
Diagnostic criteria for IPFa 2 (0.4) 2 (0.5)
 Definite 376 (66.2) 278 (64.2)
 Possible/probable 190 (33.5) 153 (35.3)
FVC % predicted 69.2 (58.5, 79.3) 35 (6.2) 71.4 (60.8, 84.7) 33 (7.6)
DLco % predicted 40.8 (30.9, 49.8) 58 (10.2) 44.5 (35.5, 54.3) 58 (13.4)
Oxygen use at rest 130 (22.9) 1 (0.2) 69 (15.9) 4 (0.9)
Oxygen use with activity 221 (38.9) 2 (0.4) 123 (28.4) 5 (1.2)
History of coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure 191 (33.6) 3 (0.5) 125 (28.9) 5 (1.2)
History of pulmonary hypertension 42 (7.4) 3 (0.5) 29 (6.7) 4 (0.9)
History of emphysema 72 (12.7) 5 (0.9) 54 (12.5) 4 (0.9)
History of sleep apnea 158 (27.8) 3 (0.5) 119 (27.5) 3 (0.7)

Data are n (%) or median (Q1, Q3)

aAccording to 2011 ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT diagnostic guidelines [24]