From: A comparison of visual and quantitative methods to identify interstitial lung abnormalities
Variablea | Number (%) or Median (standard deviation) where appropriate | |||
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Demographic parameters | COPDGene | FHS | ||
ILA by Visual Assessment | ILA by HAAsb | ILA by Visual Assessment | ILA by HAAsb | |
n = 194 (8 %) | n = 26 (1 %) | n = 177 (7 %) | n = 46 (2 %) | |
Age (years) | 64 (10) | 62 (8) | 70 (12) | 65 (13) |
Gender (female) | 101 (52 %) | 14 (54 %) | 89 (50 %) | 19 (41 %) |
Race (African-American) | 56 (29 %) | 14 (54 %) | - | - |
Body Mass Index | 28 (7) | 33 (4) | 28 (5) | 32 (5) |
Pack years of smoking | 44 (27) | 42 (26) | 26 (20) | 18 (15) |
Current Smoker | 97 (50 %) | 18 (69 %) | 17 (10 %) | 5(11 %) |
Spirometric Parameters | ||||
FEV1 (% of predicted)d | 81 % (21) | 80 % (32) | 98 % (17) | 96 % (16) |
FVC (% of predicted)d | 88 % (17) | 78 % (23) | 101 % (15) | 96 % (15) |
FEV1/FVC %d | 71 % (14) | 81 % (18) | 97 % (9) | 100 % (7) |
DLCO (% of predicted)e | - | - | 86 % (14) | 86 % (17) |
Chest CT parameters | ||||
Total Lung Capacity (TLC)f | 5.0 (1.4) | 3.5 (1.4) | 4.6 (1.2) | 3.8 (0.9) |
TLC % of predictedf | 95 % (20) | 57 % (17) | 79 % (17) | 64 % (14) |