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Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline

From: Phenotypes and outcome of diffuse pulmonary non-amyloid light chain deposition disease

 

Value

Patients with available data, n

Demographic data

Age at symptom onset, years, median (IQR)

42.5 (17.5)

30

Age at diagnosis, years, median (IQR)

50 (20)

29

Female sex, %

68

31

Smoking history, %

67

30

Pack-years, median (IQR)

15 (17.5)

19

Clinical data, n (%)

Dyspnea, %

91

30

Cough, %

80

30

Sputum, %

70

30

Haemoptysis, %

30

30

History of recurrent bronchitis or pneumonia, %

64.5

30

History of extrapulmonary infectious disease, %

6.7

30

History of spontaneous pneumothorax (≥ 1), %

17

30

Palpable lymphadenopathy, %

10

30

Laboratory data

 IgG, mg/L, mean ± SD (normal reference)

9.8 ± 4.57 (7.00—16.00)

22

 IgA, mg/L, mean ± SD (normal reference)

1.9 ± 0.82 (0.78- 4.11)

21

 IgM, mg/L, mean ± SD (normal reference)

3.66 ± 3.78 (0.40- 2.80)

22

 Increased serum kappa/lambda ratio, %

91

23

 Mean serum kappa/lamba ratio ± SD

30.3 (± 43.8)

22

 Increased kappa light chain in serum, %

87

23

 Mean kappa light chain in serum, mg/L ± SD

236.2 (± 344.4)

23

 Increased lambda light chain in serum, %

0

22

 Mean lambda light chain in serum, mg/L ± SD

11.4 (± 5.8)

21

 Alpha 1 anti-trypsin deficiency, %

0

11

Lung function parameters at baseline

 FEV1, L, mean ± SD

2.5 ± 0.78

29

 FEV1, % pred, mean ± SD

86.2 ± 26.7

27

 FVC, L, mean ± SD

3.3 ± 1

28

 FVC, % pred, mean ± SD

92.3 ± 23

27

 FEV1/FVC, %, mean ± SD

74.9 ± 11.8

27

 TLC, L, mean ± SD

5.93 ± 1.78

26

 TLC, %, pred, mean ± SD

105.9 ± 16.8

23

 DLCO, % pred, mean ± SD

52.5 ± 23.9

22

 KCO, % pred, mean ± SD

57 ± 27

18

 PaO2, mmHg, mean ± SD

73.3 ± 13.4

19

 6 min walk test, m, mean ± SD

503 ± 103

12

  1. FEV1 forced expiratory volume in one second, FVC forced vital capacity, TLC total lung capacity, DLCO carbon monoxide transfer factor, IQR interquartile range, KCO transfer coefficient for the lung for carbon monoxide, PaO2 arterial oxygen partial pressure, %pred, percentage of predicted value