Table 1: Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics.

Variables

Total

N = 61

n (%)

IPF

N = 29

n (%)

DILD

N = 32

n (%)

p

Sex

Male

Female

 

34 (55.7)

27 (44.3)

 

14 (48.3)

15 (51.7)

 

20 (62.5)

12 (37.5)

0.390

 

 

Age (years)*

61.05 ± 16.24

64.97 ± 16.09

57.50 ± 15.78

0.072

Socioeconomic status

Low

Medium

High

 

16 (26.2)

39 (63.9)

6 (9.8)

 

4 (13.8)

23 (79.3)

2 (6.9)

 

12 (37.5)

16 (50.0)

4 (12.5)

0.070

 

 

 

Place of residence

Cali

Outside of Cali

 

58 (95.1)

3 (4.9)

 

29 (100.0)

0 (0)

 

29 (90.6)

3 (9.4)

0.272

Type of interstitial disease

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Lupus erythematosus

Pneumoconiosis

Silicosis

Interstitial pneumonia

Other unclassified DILDs

 

29 (47.5)

2 (3.3)

6 (9.8)

2 (3.3)

4 (6.6)

18 (29.5)

 

29 (100.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

2 (6.3)

6 (18.8)

2 (6.3)

4 (12.5)

18 (56.3)

NA

 

 

 

 

 

 

FEV1* (% predicted)

63.72 ± 17.65

68.57 ± 18.36

59.33 ± 16.02

0.040

FVC* (% predicted)

60.06 ± 13.52

63.44 ± 13.38

56.99 ± 13.10

0.062

FEV1/FVC* (%)

90.62 ± 21.23

89.16 ± 19.51

91.94 ± 22.90

0.613

IPF = idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

DILD = diffuse interstitial lung disease.

FEV1 = forced expired volume in the first second.

FVC = forced vital capacity.

* Values expressed in mean ± standard deviation.