Comparison of analysis results of patient and control groups
| Connective tissue disorders | Healty Controls (n: 31) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILD (+) (n: 44) | ILD (−) (n: 28) | |||
| Gender (Female) (n, %) | 35 (79.5%) | 22 (78.5%) | 23 (74.2%) | 0.831 |
| Age (years) (Mean±SD) | 53.95±11.9 | 53.61±9.2 | 51.68±12.8 | 0.641 |
| TGF-β(pg/ml) (Mean±SD) | 3.05±0.26 | 3.05±0.22† | 1.39±0.33 | <0.001 |
| GDF-15 (pg/ml) (Mean±SD) | 1.17±0.17 | 1.12±0.05‡ | 0.95±0.21 | <0.001 |
†ILD vs non-ILD p=0.864. ‡ILD vs non-ILD p=0.146.