Incidence, Prevalence, and Survival of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent developments in the care of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have the potential to improve survival rates. Population-based estimates of the current disease burden are needed to evaluate the future impact of newly approved therapies. The objective of this study is to describe incidence, prevalence, and survival of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients in the UK.

Methods

Between 2000 and 2012, a patient cohort (N = 9,748,108), identified from Clinical Practice Research Datalink primary care data, was used to identify incident and prevalent cases of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-clinical syndrome. Incident cases were followed up to identify deaths. Poisson and Cox regressions were used to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRR) and hazard ratios f

SUBMITTER: Strongman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960490 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature