Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Lung Disease Subjects and Healthy Volunteers Who Had Plasma Cytokine Concentration Assays.
IPAF | IIP | COPD | HC | |
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N | 38 | 81 | 36 | 101 |
Age, yr | 56 ± 2.4 | 65 ± 1.7 | 70 ± 1.8 | 62 ± 2.4 |
Male | 20(53) | 52(64) | 29(81) | 56(55) |
FVC, %predicted | 69 ± 2.1 | 64 ± 1.8 | 83 ± 1.8 | — |
FEV1, %predicted | 75 ± 2.4 | 71 ± 1.6 | 63 ± 2.4 | — |
FEV1/FVC | 0.79 ± 0.017 | 0.79 ± 0.012 | 0.55 ± 0.012 | — |
DLCO, %predicted | 46 ± 2.3 | 53 ± 1.3 | 58 ± 1.0 | — |