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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Distance saturation product predicts health–related quality of life among sarcoidosis patients

Age (Mean ± SD)

45.9 ± 11.1

Disease, N (%)

 

BMI (Mean ± SD)

32 ± 8.2

 Inactive

45 (28)

Gender, N (%)

 

 Active/Symptomatic†

117 (72)

 Male

45 (28)

Organ Involvements N (%)

 

 Female

117 (72)

Lung

152 (94)

Race, N (%)

 

Skin

49 (30)

 African American

139 (86.8)

Eye

43 (26)

 White

21(13.2)

Heart

11 (6)

CXR stage, N (%)

 

Liver

18 (11)

0

13 (8.2)

CNS

13 (6)

1

28 (17.7)

PH*

28 (17)

2

65 (41.5)

Medication, N (%)

 

3

24 (14)

 Steroidal

94 (58)

4

29(18.2)

 IMD‡

68 (42)

Non-smokers

123 (76)

 Steroidal + IMD

77 (47)

  1. Values are means unless otherwise noted. N = number of patients, parenthesis = percent.
  2. *PH: pulmonary hypertension, diagnosed by right cardiac catheterization.
  3. † Active defined as an increased requirement for steroid in last 6 months.
  4. ‡ Immune modifying drugs like methotrexate, azathioprine and others.