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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Validation and minimum important difference of the UCSD Shortness of Breath Questionnaire in fibrotic interstitial lung disease

Variable

Value

Total sample size

1933

 IPF

539 (28%)

 CTD-ILD

701 (36%)

 Unclassifiable ILD

344 (18%)

 HP

151 (8%)

 Other ILD

198 (10%)

Age, years

62 ± 13

Male sex

1056 (55%)

Ever-smoker

1214 (63%)

Smoking pack-years (IQR)

21 (8–37)

FVC, %-predicted

75 ± 20

DLCO, %-predicted

58 ± 20

6MWD, meters

433 ± 129

UCSDSOBQ total score

37 ± 27

SGRQ total score

41 ± 20

EQ-5D-5L

0.79 ± 0.19

EQ-VAS

69 ± 19

  1. Data shown are number (%), mean ± standard deviation, or median (interquartile range)
  2. 6MWD 6-min walk distance, CTD-ILD connective tissue disease-associated ILD, DLCO diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide, EQ-5D-5L European Quality of Life 5 Dimensions 5 Levels questionnaire, EQ-VAS European Quality of Life visual analogue scale, FVC forced vital capacity, HP hypersensitivity pneumonitis, ILD interstitial lung disease, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation, SGRQ St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire, UCSDSOBQ University of California, San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire