Gender differences at presentation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Sweden

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 presentati...

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Published in:BMC pulmonary medicine 2019-11, Vol.19 (1), p.222-222, Article 222
Main Authors: Kalafatis, Dimitrios, Gao, Jing, Pesonen, Ida, Carlson, Lisa, Sköld, C Magnus, Ferrara, Giovanni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asthma
Atrial fibrillation
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cohort Studies
Comorbidities
Comorbidity
Congestive heart failure
Consent
Coronary artery
Coronary heart disease
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographics
Demography
Diagnosis
Female
Females
Fibrillation
Fibrosis
Gastroesophageal reflux
Gender differences
Gender perspective
Heart
Heart failure
Humans
Hypertension
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - epidemiology
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - physiopathology
Interstitial lung disease
KBILD
Lung - physiopathology
Lung diseases
Lung volume measurement
Male
Males
Medical prognosis
Medical research
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Physiology
Prognosis
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonology
Quality of Life
Registries
Registry
Regression Analysis
Respiratory function
Respiratory tract diseases
Sex differences
Sex Factors
Smoking cessation
Software
Sweden - epidemiology
Thyroid diseases
Total Lung Capacity
Variables
Vital Capacity
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Summary: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. 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). 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 
ISSN:1471-2466
1471-2466
DOI:10.1186/s12890-019-0994-4