Total number of patients | 92 |
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Age, mean (range) | 75 (57–92) |
Males n (%) | 67 (73) |
Duration of IPF in years, mean (SD) | 3.6 (2.3) |
Education in years, mean (SD) | 10 (3) |
Living alone, n (%) | 31 (34) |
Working, n (%) | 4 (4) |
Smoking status, n (%)a | |
Smoker | 6 (7) |
Ex-smoker | 50 (54) |
Never-smoker | 36 (39) |
FVC (litres), mean (SD)b | 2.9 (0.8) |
FVC (% of predicted), mean (SD)b | 78 (16) |
Diffusion capacity, mean(SD)c | 54 (13) |
Co-morbiditiese, n (%) | |
Hypertension | 41 (45) |
Coronary heart disease | 35 (38) |
Diabetes | 24 (26) |
Heart failure | 23 (25) |
COPD | 20 (22) |
Cancer | 16 (17) |
Asthma | 8 (9) |
No co-morbidities | 13 (14) |
Number of co-morbidities, median (range) | 2 (0–7) |
Place of death, n (%)b | |
Hospitald | 62 (67) |
Home | 19 (22) |
Nursing home | 4 (5) |
Hospice | 3 (3) |