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. 2018 Jan 18;4:246. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2017.00246

Table 3.

Studies reporting prevalence of metabolic comorbidities in patients with ILDs.

Comorbidity Prevalence Prevalence in general population Reference
IPF Diabetes mellitus 10–39% 11.4% British study (81), Japanese study (82), American study (83)
Dyslipidemia 11–21.7% 18–46% Enomoto et al. (82), Kaddah et al. (84), Sherbini et al. (85)
Hypothyroidism 16.8% (13% men, 28% women) 7.1% Oldham et al. (86)

Sarcoidosis Thyroid diseases 13.1% 4% Nowinski et al. (87)
Diabetes mellitus 7.4% 7% Nowinski et al. (87)
Osteoporosis 5.7% 5% Nowinski et al. (87)
Hypercalcemia 10–15% 2% Saidenberg-Kermanac’h et al. (88), Press et al. (89)

ILDs, interstitial lung diseases; IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.