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Table 5 Subgroup analysis of clinical predictors for death in CTD-UIP

From: Predictors of diagnosis and survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and connective tissue disease-related usual interstitial pneumonia

 

Univariable HR (95% CI)

P value

Multivariable, HR (95% CI)

P value

Age at biopsy

1.06 (1.02-1.11)

0.0031

1.05 (1.01-1.11)

0.03

Gender (male risk)

1.91 (0.83-4.34)

0.13

1.05 (0.39-2.80)

0.92

Smoking Hx

4.24 (1.76-11.80)

0.0010

2.74 (0.98-9.01)

0.06

Duration of symptoms prior to biopsy

1.00 (0.99-1.02)

0.69

1.01 (0.98-1.03)

0.60

GERD

0.71 (0.31-1.60)

0.41

0.64 (0.25-1.60)

0.33

FEV1, % pred

0.97 (0.95-0.99)

0.04

0.99 (0.90-1.13)

0.97

FVC, % pred

0.98 (0.96-0.99)

0.02

0.95 (0.92-0.98)

0.01

DLCO, % pred

0.95 (0.92-0.99)

0.005

0.99 (0.95-1.03)

0.58

TLC, % pred

0.96 (0.93-0.99)

0.01

0.99 (0.92-1.07)

0.88

Initial HRCT pattern

    

Probable UIP

1.78 (0.46-11.67)

0.44

2.06 (0.48-14.31)

0.35

Probable NSIP or inconsistent with UIP

2.34 (0.64-14.99)

0.22

2.83 (0.71-19.10)

0.15

Atypical findings on biopsy

0.39 (0.11-1.02)

0.06

0.68 (0.19-1.91)

0.49

  1. % pred = percent predicted.
  2. Complete case analysis.
  3. Multivariable adjusting for age, gender, smoking hx, FVC, and DLCO.