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Table 5 Demographic and clinical characteristics of IPF patient cohorts defined using selected code-based diagnostic algorithms

From: Validation of the recording of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in routinely collected electronic healthcare records in England

Characteristic

DA1

N = 9,498

% of total (n) unless

otherwise stated

DA3

N = 3,449

% of total (n) unless

otherwise stated

DA6

N = 2,069

% of total (n) unless

otherwise stated

DA7

N = 5,488

% of total (n) unless

otherwise stated

Demographic

 Median (IQR) age in years

77 (13)

76(14)

76(14)

76 (14)

 ≥ 65 years

86.2% (n = 8,191)

82.9% (n = 1,516)

84.4% (n = 2,522)

83.7% (n = 4,593)

 Male

63.2% (n = 6,011)

63.8% (n = 661)

64.4% (1,922)

62.5% (n = 3,434)

 Median (IQR) survival in years

2.0 (3.7)

2.6 (4.8)

1.8 (3.5)

2.2 (3.9)

 Smoking history (ever/current)

66.2%(n = 6,288)

62.4%(n = 1,1420

68.5(2,046)

66.4% (n = 3,642)

Comorbiditie s

 COPD

19.0% (n = 1,806)

14.7% (n = 269)

17.8% (n = 532)

16.1% (n = 886)

 Asthma (in past 2 years)

10.1% (n = 959)

7.9% (n = 146)

8.9% (n = 268)

9.4% (n = 518)

 Lung cancer

2.1% (n = 206)

1.5% (n = 28)

2.3% (n = 70)

1.6% (n = 85)

 Ischemic stroke

12.0% (n = 1,142)

10.1% (n = 185)

12.4% (n = 370)

11.8% (n = 645)

 Heart failure

17.1% (n = 1,629)

13.6% (n = 249)

16.3% (n = 489)

16.4% (n = 899)

 Ischemic heart disease

13.6% (n = 1,300)

11.8% (n = 217)

14.4% (n = 430)

13.3% (n = 735)

 Myocardial infarction

13.3% (n = 1,267)

11.2% (n = 206)

12.4% (n = 370)

12.7% (n = 693)

 Gastroesophageal reflux

17.6% (n = 1,677)

15.8% (n = 289)

20% (n = 597)

18.2% (n = 1,002)

  1. DA Diagnostic algorithm, IQR Interquartile range, COPD Chronic pulmonary obstructive disease
  2. a Additional criteria include patients ≥ 18 years at IPF diagnosis and evidence of HRCT of the thorax at any time and exclude any patients with other known causes of ILD recorded in Aurum