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Table 1 Clinical Characteristic of Control and Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

From: The Role of Catalase in Pulmonary Fibrosis

 

control

Pulmonary Fibrosis

Number of subjects, female/male

10, 7/3

12, 8/4

Age, yr

66 ± 4

63 ± 2

Cigarette smoking, never/former/current

10/0/0

7/1/4

Pathological diagnosis

NA

3 UIP

  

9 NSIP

VC, % pred

109 ± 5

88 ± 6

FEV1/FVC, %

76 ± 1

80 ± 2

DLCO, % pred

103 ± 7

65 ± 5

PaO2, torr

87 ± 3

77 ± 4

Collagen vascular disease

0

3 Sjs

  1. (Mean ± SE)
  2. UIP, usual interstitial pneumonia (*: p < 0.05 vs. control)
  3. NSIP, nonspecific interstitial pneumonia
  4. Sjs, Sjögren's syndrome