Table 1 Participants’ characteristics (Mean ± SD).

From: Factors influencing self-selected walking speed in fibrotic interstitial lung disease

Variables

ILD (n = 10)

Control (n = 10)

p

Age (years)

63.8 ± 9.2

62.2 ± 8.2

0.685

Gender (n)

 Male

2

2

 

 Female

8

8

 

 Body Mass (kg)

65.2 ± 10.6

64.9 ± 12.2

0.248

 Height (cm)

156 ± 9

162 ± 8

0.067

 BMI (kg m−2)

27.1 ± 4.4

24.6 ± 4.4

0.212

Lung Function

 FEV1. L (%pred)

1.40 ± 0.43 (56 ± 7)

2.49 ± 0.46 (92 ± 16)

0.001

 FVC. L (%pred)

1.62 ± 0.55 (54 ± 9)

3.13 ± 0.44 (96 ± 13)

0.001

 FEV1/FVC (%pred)

0.87 ± 0.06 (116 ± 16)

0.79 ± 0.09 (107 ± 21)

0.031

 TLC. L (%pred)

3.29 ± 0.72(74 ± 10)

–

–

 DLCO. mmol/min/kPa(%pred)

2.64 ± 0.58(38 ± 8)

–

–

SpO2%

96.8 ± 2.4

98.5 ± 1.1

0.117

  1. n: number of participants; SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; FVC: forced vital capacity; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; TLC = total lung capacity; DLCO: diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; SpO2: oxyhemoglobin saturation by pulse oximetry.
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