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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: Development of ATAQ-LAM: a tool to assess quality of life in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Variable

N

Results

Female

 

69

Age in years

69

49.1 ± 12.0 (range 24 – 73)

Race

68

 

African-American

 

2

Asian

 

3

Hispanic

 

5

White

 

58

Education

65

 

High-school

 

2

Some college

 

10

Trade school graduate

 

2

College graduate

 

28

Masters

 

18

Doctorate

 

5

Employment

64

 

Full-time

 

26

Part-time

 

8

Retired

 

8

Disabled

 

14

Unemployed

 

8

Smoking history

67

 

Current

 

0

Former

 

18

Never

 

49

LAM duration, years

69

8.2 ± 7.9 (range 0.03 – 40)

FEV1, L

17

1.70 ± 0.6 (range 0.79 – 2.87)

FEV1%

17

65.1 ± 22.5 (range 32 – 95)

Supplemental oxygen

67

 

Never

 

38

Ever

 

29

Sleep only

 

2

Exertion only

 

9

Sleep + exertion, not at rest

 

12

All the time

 

6

Medications

  

Combination CS/LABA

 

26

Doxycycline

 

1

Plaquenil

 

1

Rapamycin

 

30

Statin

 

18

  1. LAM lymphangioleiomyomatosis, FEV1% percent predicted one-second forced expiratory volume, CS/LABA combination inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist