Predictors of Long-Term Survival in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Data from the IPF-PRO Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We used data from the IPF-PRO Registry of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to identify characteristics that predicted survival for a further > 5 years.

Methods

Participants had IPF that was diagnosed or confirmed at the enrolling center in the previous 6 months. Patients were followed prospectively. A Classification And Regression Tree (CART) was used to identify predictors of survival > 5 versus ≤ 5 years following enrollment. The following variables, assessed at enrollment, were considered: age; body mass index (BMI); former smoker; current smoker; time from first imaging evidence, symptoms, or diagnosis of IPF to enrollment; forced vital capacity (FVC) % predicted; diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco) % predicted; antifibroti

SUBMITTER: Kim HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11891094 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature