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. 2020 Mar 14;158(2):620–629. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.02.044

Table 2.

ILD Prevalence by PFT Indication

PFT Indication Indication Risk Categorya Derivation
Cohort (n = 1,271)
External Validation
Cohort (n = 384)
Prospective Validation
Cohort (n = 343)
Pulmonary disease
 Asthma 0 3/61 (4.9) 0/10 3/36 (8.3)
 Bronchiectasis 1 6/40 (15) 0/1 0/0
 COPD/emphysema 1 16/151 (10.6) 2/42 (4.8) 12/36 (33.3)
 ILD 3 97/114 (85.1) 44/71 (62) 3/3 (100)
 Other ILD featuresb 1 3/24 (12.5) 0/9 3/6 (50)
 Nodule(s) 0 3/59 (5.1) 4/38 (10.5) 0/2
 Pulmonary hypertension 2 7/24 (29.2) 5/50 (10) 3/18 (16.7)
 Sarcoidosis 2 12/37 (32.4) 0/2 1/2 (50)
 Other 0 3/75 (4) 2/12 (16.7) 1/2 (50)
Cough and/or dyspnea 1 28/272 (10.3) 0/0 24/113 (21.2)
Cardiac disease 0 5/79 (6.3) 0/0 2/18 (11.1)
Rheumatologic disease 3 8/17 (47.1) 2/15 (13.3) 6/10 (60)
Malignancy 0 16/247 (6.5) 8/108 (7.4) 5/79 (6.3)
Other 0 5/71 (7) 1/12 (8.3) 0/18

See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviation.

a

Assigned based on derivation cohort prevalence.

b

Restrictive lung disease, lung crackles, abnormal imaging, and hypoxemia.