Increased AGE-RAGE ratio in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Respiratory Research

Table 1 Group features

Patient characteristics	Control	IPF	p-value
Total	9	16	-
Gender (Male/Female)	7/2	13/3	-
Age	57.60 ± 7.47	63.61 ± 6.67	0.03
Smoking (Current/Former/Never)	2/5/2	4/10/2	-
Pack-years	24.91 ± 25.18	24.18 ± 26.81	0.94
Smoking cessation (years)	13.20 ± 14.13	15.14 ± 11.97	0.77
% FVC	99.36 ± 14.55	77.92 ± 15.05	0.00
% DLCO	89.43 ± 13.98	56.91 ± 18.44	0.00

Data expressed in mean ± SD. FVC forced vital capacity, DLCO diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide. Statistical differences were valued at p-value < 0.01

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