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Selection flow chart of study subjects. ATS American Thoracic Society; COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CTD Connective tissue disease; ERS European Respiratory Society; ILD Interstitial lung disease; IPF Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; RD Restrictive disease on pulmonary function tests
