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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the full analysis set

From: Disease trajectories in interstitial lung diseases – data from the EXCITING-ILD registry

Baseline characteristics

Total (n = 601)

Male Sex, n (%)

365 (60.7)

Age [years], mean (SD)

64.3 (14.2)

Current smoker, n (%)

52 (8.7)

Ex-smoker, n (%)

270 (44.9)

FVC [% predicted], mean (SD)

76.4 (20.8)

FEV1 [% predicted], mean (SD)

79.2 (20.0)

DLCO-SB [% predicted], mean (SD)

54.1 (21.6)

ILD-GAP-Index, n (%)

I

275 (45.8)

II

164 (27.3)

III

128 (21.3)

Missing

34 (5.7)

Time to diagnosis in months, mean (SD)

-38.8 (64.4)

Disease duration at diagnosis in months, mean (SD)

13.2 (27.4)

  1. The reference point of time for time differences is the inclusion date, e.g. time to diagnosis was defined as time date of diagnosis to date of inclusion. SD = standard deviation, FVC = forced vital capacity, FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 s, DLCO = diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (CO)