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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with or without angiomyolipoma

From: Natural history of angiomyolipoma in lymphangioleiomyomatosis: implications for screening and surveillance

 

Sporadic-LAM

TSC-LAM

Angiomyolipoma

 

Present

Absent

p value

Number of patients

53

54

 

15

Mean age at respiratory presentation * (years)

32.3

37

0.18

31.8

Mean disease duration * (years)

14.4

15.2

0.21

10.5

Ever had pneumothorax # (%)

16 (32)

13 (24)

0.37

40

Lymphatic disease detected # (%)

6 (11)

10 (19)

0.036

13

Ever been pregnant # (%)

29 (55)

24 (44)

0.07

33

Mean baseline FEV 1 * (% predicted)

65.7

71.4

0.37

64

Mean baseline TL CO * (% predicted)

57.7

59.3

0.79

47

  1. p = angiomyolipoma present vs. absent for patients with sporadic LAM.
  2. Angiomyolipoma was present in all patients with TSC-LAM.
  3. *p value from t test.
  4. #p value from chi squared test.