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Table 1 Clinical characteristic differences between patients with SAD and without SAD

From: Small airway dysfunction in Chinese patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Characteristics

Without SAD

n = 251

With SAD

n = 165

p

Age (years)

64.89 ± 9.71

65.39 ± 8.83

0.598

Males

210 (83.67)

141 (85.45)

0.623

Smoking

 Non-smoker

81 (32.27)

41 (24.85)

0.019

 Current smoker

61 (24.30)

61 (36.97)

 

 Former smoker

109 (43.43)

63 (38.18)

 

Emphysema

55 (21.91)

41 (24.85)

0.487

COPD

7 (2.79)

16 (9.70)

0.003

PTE

0 (0.00)

2 (1.21)

0.080

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

22 (8.76)

15 (9.09)

0.909

Pulmonary infection

47 (18.73)

44 (26.67)

0.055

Respiratory failure

34 (13.55)

28 (16.97)

0.337

Asthma

3 (1.20)

2 (1.21)

0.988

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± sd or count (percentage) where appropriate. P was calculated by the Student’s t-test for continuous variables and the Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables