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Table 3 Laboratory values of patients classified as CTD-NSIP, NSIP-Ab (+) and NSIP-Ab (−)

From: Prognosis of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia correlates with perivascular CD4+ T lymphocyte infiltration of the lung

Laboratory tests

CTD-NSIP (n = 21)

Ab (+)-NSIP (n = 14)

Ab (−)-NSIP (n = 20)

p value

ESR, mm/h

16.33 ± 7.69

19.50 ± 12.70

27.45 ± 28.32

0.167

PaO2, mmHg

76.28 ± 14.25

80.67 ± 9.77

77.47 ± 13.52

0.614

PCO2, mmHg

40.20 ± 11.94

36.24 ± 5.57

36.74 ± 4.52

0.292

TLC, % predicted

77.17 ± 15.82

74.42 ± 10.37

77.01 ± 12.70

0.844

DLCO, % predicted

53.54 ± 14.06

56.62 ± 20.86

55.79 ± 8.60

0.893

Chest CT findings at biopsy

Ground glass opacity

15/21 (71.4 %)

6/14 (42.9 %)

13/20 (65.0 %)

0.219

Patchy

16/21 (76.2 %)

10/14 (71.4 %)

14/20 (70.0 %)

0.899

Reticular opacity

12/21 (57.1 %)

11/14 (78.6 %)

12/20 (60.0 %)

0.397

Bronchiectasis

4/21 (19.0 %)

5/14 (35.7 %)

8/20 (40.0 %)

0.315

Pleural thickness

1/21 (4.8 %)

4/14 (28.6 %)

3/20 (15.0 %)

0.147