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. 2026 Apr 21;27:176. doi: 10.1186/s12931-026-03651-0

Correction: Geospatial and temporal trends of interstitial lung disease subtypes and KL-6 biomarker in China: a nationwide study (2016–2024)

Huimin Huang 1,2,#, Yifan Chen 1,#, Chenxin Liu 1,#, Mingtao Liu 1,#, Haiyang Li 1, Bingpeng Guo 1, Xu Chen 1, Peiyan Zheng 1, Yanting Fang 1, Biyun Guo 1, Baoqing Sun 1,2,3,✉
PMCID: PMC13101255  PMID: 42015110

Correction: Respir Res 27, 100 (2026)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-026-03547-z

In the original publication of this article [1], the author noticed errors in the values of Table 1. The corrected version of Table 1 is given below. The original article has been corrected.

Table 1.

Baseline data of each ILDs group

Subtype Total Idiopathic Autoimmunerelated ILD Exposurerelated ILD ILD with cysts or airspace filling Sarcoidosis Unclassified P value
Number of cases 6824 1549 2343 502 321 128 1981 -
Sex
 Male (n) 3733 1220 789 364 138 46 1176  < 0.001
 Female (n) 3091 329 1554 138 183 82 805
Positivity rate of KL-6 (n, %) 4962, 72.71% 1255, 81.02% 1912, 81.60% 326, 64.94% 185, 57.63% 34, 26.56% 1250, 63.10%  < 0.001
Age (years) 60 (51, 68) 65 (57,70) 58 (50, 66) 59 (51, 66) 43 (36, 52) 48 (37, 56) 63 (54,70)  < 0.001
Height(cm) 160 (155,168) 165 (159,170) 162 (156,168) 160 (156,168) 161 (156,167) 163 (157,167) 163 (156,170)
Weight(kg) 62 (54,71) 65 (55,72) 60 (53,70) 60 (54,68) 60 (53,67) 63 (50,73) 61 (52,70)
BMI(kg/m2) 23.24 (20.81,25.42) 23.84 (21.24,25.95) 23.23 (20.89,25.50) 23.53 (20.76,25.75) 23.44 (21.16,25.43) 24.02 (20.63,26.04) 23.16 (20.52,25.39)  < 0.05
Smoking history (n, %)
 Male (n, %) 1286, 61.77% 566, 67.14% 354, 59.90% 133, 59.91% 53, 60.23% 15, 50.00% 165, 54.57%
 Female (n, %) 36, 2.12% 9, 3.47% 20, 1.88% 0, 0.00% 2, 2.20% 1, 2.78% 4, 2.44%

P value is provided by chi square test, Kruskal–Wallis H test

Footnotes

Huimin Huang, Yifan Chen, Chenxin Liu, and Mingtao Liu contributed equally to this work.

Reference

  • 1.Huang H, Chen Y, Liu C, et al. Geospatial and temporal trends of interstitial lung disease subtypes and KL-6 biomarker in China: a nationwide study (2016–2024). Respir Res. 2026;27:100. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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