Case | Age years | Sex | Idiopathic or with underlying disease | Diagnostic method | APDT/TDT ratio | FVC (% predicted) | ||||
1st measurement | 2nd measurement | Interval between measurements | 1st measurement | 2nd measurement | Interval between measurements | |||||
1 | 41 | M | Ulcerative colitis | SLB | 0.45 | 0.458 | 4.39 years | |||
2 | 55 | M | Idiopathic | SLB | 0.592 | 0.509 | 5.27 years | 3540 mL (87%) | 1120 mL (29%) | 4.67 years |
3 | 60 | M | Idiopathic | SLB | 0.599 | 0.554 | 2.79 years | 2580 mL (78%) | 1040 mL (32%) | 2.64 years |
4 | 78 | M | Radiation therapy for oesophageal cancer | Autopsy | 0.579 | 0.53 | 1.87 years | 2480 mL (69%) | 1370 mL (39%) | 1.42 years |
5 | 32 | F | Lung transplantation | SLB | 0.54 | 0.489 | 2.31 years | 2050 mL (69%) | 640 mL (20%) | 2.47 years |
6 | 48 | F | Idiopathic | SLB | 0.599 | 0.522 | 4.03 years | 2030 mL (67%) | 1380 mL (49%) | 3.61 years |
7 | 59 | F | Idiopathic | SLB | 0.652 | 0.6 | 4.59 years | |||
8 | 81 | F | Idiopathic | Autopsy | 0.729 | 0.612 | 2.04 years | 1800 mL (83%) | 1060 mL (51%) | 1.84 years |
APDT: anteroposterior diameter of the thoracic cage; TDT: transverse diameter of the thoracic cage; M: male; F: female; SLB: surgical lung biopsy.