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. 2025 Aug 26;25:407. doi: 10.1186/s12890-025-03837-0

Table 2.

Clinical course and adverse events during 2-Year Follow-Up in IPF patients stratified by PH severity

All Severe PH Less severe PH ERPE P-value
for comparing event occurrence rates
Severe vs Less severe PH
Less severe PH vs ERPE
Severe PH vs ERPE
(P-value for comparing time to event occurrence)

Hospitalization resulting in lifelong inability to live at home

(Home-stay survival days for those with hospitalization-event occurrence only)

21

 (320.48± 245.07)

3

(335.00±279.85)

11

(377.09±253.49)

7

(225.29±224.59)

0.60 (0.64)

0.14 (0.16)

0.12 (0.73)

Death

(Survival days for those with death-event occurrence only)

16

(381.94± 235.64)

3

(346.33± 292.34)

7

(437.57±236.63)

6

(334.83± 239.68)

0.27 (0.57)

0.74 (0.43)

0.047* (0.80)

Other

7

(Cerebral infarction: 1

Fracture due to fall: 1

Hepatitis:1 Pneumonia: 2

Myocardial infarction: 1

Depression: 1)

0

2

(Cerebral infarction: 1

Depression: 1)

5

(Fracture due to fall: 1

Hepatitis:1

Pneumonia: 2

Myocardial infarction: 1)

N.A

Data presented as mean ± SD

Values indicate number of events unless otherwise noted

PH Pulmonary hypertension, IPF Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ERPE Exercise-Responsive PAP Elevation, ADL Activities of daily living

*P value for Wilcoxon signed-rank test to assess the difference between two groups in all possible group combinations