Table 3.
Proportion of death certificates mentioning selected complications/comorbidities and associations between IPF and these conditions.
| Condition (ICD10) | Deaths with IPF (n = 2251) |
Deaths without IPF (n = 555,681) |
Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary hypertension (I27) | 12.5% | 0.8% | 15.7 (13.8–17.9) |
| Congestive heart failure (I50.0) | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.5 (1.2–2.0) |
| Influenza, pneumonia (J09–J18) | 15.3% | 10.2% | 1.6 (1.5–1.8) |
| Pulmonary embolism (I26.x) | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1.4 (1.0–1.7) |
| COPD (J40–J44, J47) | 12.9% | 7.2% | 1.8 (1.6–2.0) |
| Esophagitis/reflux (K20, K21) | 0.3% | 0.1% | 2.9 (1.3–6.5) |
| Conditions causally related to pulmonary fibrosis (M05–M08, M32–M36, D86, J60–J65, J67, J70.1) | 8.0% | 0.8% | 9.8 (8.3–11.5) |