Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study subjects

6

7

–

Males/females (n)

6/0

6/1

–

Age (year), mean ± SEM

60.5 ± 3.02

59.5 ± 5.4

0.775

Disease duration (year), mean ± SEM

1.9 ± 0.8

–

–

FVC (L), mean ± SEM

2.4 ± 0.7

3.9 ± 0.3

< 0.001

FVC%, mean ± SEM

65.9 ± 13

92.7 ± 5.2

<0.001

DLCO%, mean ± SEM

47.4 ± 7.4

97.1 ± 5.4

0.003

Location of the fat biopsy

Subcutaneous

Subcutaneous

–