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. 2021 Jun 17;38(7):4100–4114. doi: 10.1007/s12325-021-01786-8

Table 2.

Distribution of patients with fibrosing ILD (specific, two-claim definition) who progressed during follow-up, according to underlying disease

Incident and existing fibrosing ILD Incident fibrosing ILD only
Patients, n Patients with progression at any time, n* Percent with progression at any time Patients, n Patients with incident progression, n* Percent with incident progression Median time to progression, days [IQR]
All fibrosing ILD 35,825 21,719 60.6 23,577 13,518 57.3 117 [63, 224]
Unclassifiable IIP 24,881 15,515 62.4 17,385 10,241 58.9 115 [62, 219]
iNSIPs 196 150 76.5 106 69 65.1 67 [50, 176]
Sarcoidosis 2522 1160 46.0 1740 744 42.8 148 [73, 255]
RA-ILD 3040 1777 58.5 1798 1018 56.6 128 [67, 235]
SSc-ILD 1066 618 58.0 482 248 51.5 125 [74, 246]
MCTD-ILD 119 62 52.1 38 18 47.4 72 [61, 338]
No underlying diagnosis 313 153 48.9 237 109 46.0 145 [61, 275]
Multiple underlying diagnoses 404 240 59.4 204 119 58.3 111 [58, 219]
Exposure-related ILD 692 481 69.5 419 284 67.8 133 [65, 232]
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis 455 346 76.0 190 141 74.2 109 [63, 232]

Percentages are shown for the overall cohort (incident and existing fibrosing ILD) and for the incident fibrosing ILD cohort only

IIP idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, ILD interstitial lung disease, iNSIP idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonia, IQR interquartile range, MCTD mixed connective tissue disease, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SSc systemic sclerosis

*Patients in the existing fibrosing ILD cohort could have existing or incident progression, while patients in the incident fibrosing ILD cohort could have incident, but not existing, progression (diagnosed by proxies). Most patients with incident progression were from the incident fibrosing ILD cohort (13,518/14,722, 91.8%)

Time to progression was calculated from the first of the two claims that were required to establish a diagnosis of incident fibrosing ILD to the time of the claim indicating progression