Table 2 Specific diagnoses prompting hospital admissions, outpatient clinic visits or emergency department visits
From: Increased respiratory morbidity in individuals with interstitial lung abnormalities
Diagnosis | ILA (%) | No ILA (%) | HR | 95% CI | Adjusted p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | 116 (34.9) | 361 (21.8) | 1.6 | 1.3–2.0 | <  0.001 |
 COPD | 55 (16.6) | 159 (9.6) | 1.7 | 1.2–2.3 | 0.01 |
 Pneumonia | 56 (16.9) | 126 (7.6) | 2.0 | 1.4–2.7 | <  0.001 |
 Asthma | 4 (1.2) | 47 (2.8) | 0.4 | 0.2–1.2 | 0.15 |
 Pleural empyema or lung abscess | 5 (1.5) | 3 (0.2) | 6.6 | 1.5–28.8 | 0.03 |
 Interstitial lung disease | 8 (2.4) | 8 (0.5) | 4.9 | 1.8–13.3 | 0.008 |
 Respiratory failure | 25 (7.5) | 61 (3.7) | 1.8 | 1.1–3.0 | 0.03 |
Malignant neoplasm | 93 (28.0) | 317 (19.1) | 1.4 | 1.1–1.8 | 0.02 |
 Lung cancer | 39 (11.7) | 71 (4.3) | 2.7 | 1.8–4.0 | <  0.001 |
 Non-pulmonary cancer | 67 (20.2) | 266 (16.0) | 1.2 | 0.9–1.6 | 0.30 |
Cardiovascular | 157 (47.3) | 652 (39.3) | 1.2 | 1.0–1.5 | 0.09 |
 Heart failure | 19 (5.7) | 47 (2.8) | 1.7 | 1.0–3.0 | 0.19 |
 Pulmonary embolism | 8 (2.4) | 22 (1.3) | 1.9 | 0.8–4.3 | 0.17 |
 Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter | 27 (8.1) | 95 (5.7) | 1.3 | 0.8–2.0 | 0.34 |
 Ischemic heart disease | 50 (15.1) | 174 (10.5) | 1.4 | 1.0–2.0 | 0.07 |
 Cerebral infarction | 18 (5.4) | 59 (3.6) | 1.4 | 0.8–2.3 | 0.34 |
 Peripheral vascular disease | 21 (6.3) | 50 (3.0) | 2.0 | 1.2–3.4 | 0.04 |
Gastrointestinal | 125 (37.7) | 489 (29.5) | 1.3 | 1.1–1.6 | 0.02 |
 GORD, gastritis or ulcer disease | 25 (7.5) | 95 (5.7) | 1.3 | 0.8–2.1 | 0.30 |
 Functional intestinal disorders | 28(8.4) | 66(4.0) | 2.2 | 1.4–3.4 | 0.006 |
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 140 (42.2) | 739 (44.6) | 1.0 | 0.8–1.2 | 0.89 |
 Inflammatory polyarthropathies | 8 (2.4) | 57 (3.4) | 0.7 | 0.3–1.5 | 0.40 |