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Table 1 Anthropometric and lung function measurements

From: Ultrasound evaluation of diaphragmatic mobility in patients with idiopathic lung fibrosis: a pilot study

 

Controls

Patients

P

Age

66.5 ± 11

71.6 ± 5.5

0.216

BMI

24.0 ± 4.0

28.1 ± 2.4

0.006

Smoking (%)

5 (41.7)

10 (83.3)

0.035

CT (cm)

81.3 ± 10.3

97.8 ± 4.6

< 0.001

CA (cm)

82.3 ± 12.8

96.9 ± 8.5

0.003

FVC

111.6 ± 35.2

72.5 ± 7.5

0.001

TLC

112.9 ± 27.8

55.4 ± 7.5

< 0.001

VC

117.8 ± 13.4

72.0 ± 9.0

< 0.001

DLCO mL/min/mm Hg

82.1 ± 24.8

37.8 ± 8.3

< 0.001

FEV1/FVC max

85.4 ± 7.1

85.1 ± 5.7

0.904

DE (normal breath) (cm)

1.5 ± 0.6

1.7 ± 0.7

0.503

DE (deep inspiration) (cm)

6.3 ± 1.3

3.7 ± 1.1

< 0.001

  1. Abb. BMI: body mass index; CT: chest circumference; CA: circumference of abdomen; FVC: forced vital capacity; TLC: total lung capacity; FEV1/FVC max: forced expiratory volume in the 1st second/ forced vital capacity; VC: vital capacity; DLCO: diffusion Lung CO; DE: diaphragmatic excursion