| Autor: |
Dimitrios Kalafatis, Jing Gao, Ida Pesonen, Lisa Carlson, C. Magnus Sköld, Giovanni Ferrara |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1471-2466 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12890-019-0994-4 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease with poor prognosis mainly affecting males. Differences in clinical presentation between genders may be important both for the diagnostic work-up and for follow-up. In the present study, we therefore explored potential gender differences at presentation in a Swedish cohort of IPF-patients. Methods We studied patients included in the Swedish IPF- registry over a three-year period from its launch in 2014. A cross-sectional analysis was performed for data concerning demographics, lung function, 6- min walking test (6MWT) and quality of life (QoL) (King’s Brief Interstitial Lung Disease (K-BILD) score). Results Three hundred forty- eight patients (250 (72%) males, 98 (28%) females, median age 72 years in both genders) were included in the registry during the study period. Smoking history (N = 169 (68%) vs. N = 53 (54%), p |
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