Decreased Apoptotic Rate of Alveolar Macrophages of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Table 4

Pulmonary function parameters before and after treatment with IFNγ-1b or AZA.

	IFNγ-1b group			AZA group
	Before treatment	After treatment	P	Before treatment	After treatment	P
FVC (%pred)	73.8±18.6	64.0±23.8	0.096	68.4±21.6	68.5±19.6	0.977
FEV1 (%pred)	80.8±19.4	70.7±24.2	0.169	73.1±19.5	72.1±14.0	0.807
DLCO (%pred)	50.9±39.4	37.5±18.6	0.110	59.5±15.7	61.8±26.0	0.608
PO2 at rest	76.09±9,60	72.66±12.97	0.490	68,10±12,48	64.90±8.68	0.360

𝑃<0.05 : statistically significant.