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. 2021 Aug 6;10(16):3474. doi: 10.3390/jcm10163474

Table 3.

Prevalence of clinical conditions, procedures and in-hospital outcomes in patients hospitalized with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in Spain, according to sex and diagnosis position after propensity score matching.

Primary Secondary Both
Men Women p-Value Men Women p-Value Men Women p-Value
Age, mean (SD) 74.28 (10.27) 74.7 (11.22) 0.317 78.74 (9.17) 78.91 (10.44) 0.497 77.4 (9.73) 77.68 (10.84) 0.187
CCI, mean (SD) 0.83 (0.79) 0.94 (0.92) 0.015 1.57 (1.47) 1.67 (1.57) 0.013 1.35 (1.28) 1.46 (1.41) 0.001
Myocardial infarction, n (%) 32 (2.38) 9 (0.69) <0.001 105 (3.37) 135 (4.27) 0.063 137 (3.08) 144 (3.23) 0.671
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 217 (16.16) 190 (14.66) 0.287 834 (26.8) 962 (30.45) 0.001 1051 (23.59) 1152 (25.86) 0.013
Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) 13 (0.97) 11 (0.85) 0.747 86 (2.76) 94 (2.98) 0.615 99 (2.22) 105 (2.36) 0.671
Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) 25 (1.86) 33 (2.55) 0.230 173 (5.56) 191 (6.05) 0.409 198 (4.44) 224 (5.03) 0.195
Dementia, n (%) 22 (1.64) 32 (2.47) 0.132 176 (5.66) 217 (6.87) 0.047 198 (4.44) 249 (5.59) 0.013
Chronic pulmonary disease, n (%) 223 (16.6) 237 (18.29) 0.255 703 (22.59) 670 (21.21) 0.186 926 (20.79) 907 (20.36) 0.619
Rheumatoid disease, n (%) 44 (3.28) 50 (3.86) 0.420 153 (4.92) 261 (8.26) <0.001 197 (4.42) 311 (6.98) <0.001
Peptic ulcer disease, n (%) 3 (0.22) 5 (0.39) 0.448 14 (0.45) 13 (0.41) 0.817 17 (0.38) 18 (0.4) 0.866
Mild liver disease, n (%) 53 (3.95) 54 (4.17) 0.774 124 (3.98) 123 (3.89) 0.853 177 (3.97) 177 (3.97) 0.999
Diabetes, n (%) 229 (17.05) 242 (18.67) 0.277 695 (22.33) 731 (23.14) 0.446 924 (20.74) 973 (21.84) 0.205
Diabetes with complications, n (%) 6 (0.45) 15 (1.16) 0.040 55 (1.77) 66 (2.09) 0.354 61 (1.37) 81 (1.82) 0.091
Hemiplegia or paraplegia, n (%) 4 (0.3) 1 (0.08) 0.192 17 (0.55) 22 (0.7) 0.450 21 (0.47) 23 (0.52) 0.762
Renal disease, n (%) 81 (6.03) 111 (8.56) 0.012 525 (16.87) 550 (17.41) 0.570 606 (13.6) 661 (14.84) 0.095
Cancer, n (%) 17 (1.27) 21 (1.62) 0.445 137 (4.4) 125 (3.96) 0.378 154 (3.46) 146 (3.28) 0.638
Metastatic solid tumor, n (%) 5 (0.37) 6 (0.46) 0.718 49 (1.57) 44 (1.39) 0.552 54 (1.21) 50 (1.12) 0.693
Moderate or severe liver disease, n (%) 4 (0.3) 9 (0.69) 0.146 20 (0.64) 26 (0.82) 0.403 24 (0.54) 35 (0.79) 0.151
AIDS/HIV, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) NA 0 (0) 1 (0.03) 0.321 0 (0) 1 (0.02) 0.317
Pulmonary embolism, n (%) 7 (0.52) 10 (0.77) 0.422 70 (2.25) 43 (1.36) 0.008 77 (1.73) 53 (1.19) 0.034
Pulmonary hypertension, n (%) 169 (12.58) 179 (13.81) 0.351 339 (10.89) 424 (13.42) 0.002 508 (11.4) 603 (13.54) 0.002
Pneumonia, n (%) 30 (2.23) 48 (3.7) 0.026 497 (15.97) 380 (12.03) <0.001 527 (11.83) 428 (9.61) 0.001
Tobacco use, n% 640 (47.65) 151 (11.65) <0.001 1415 (45.47) 288 (9.12) <0.001 2055 (46.13) 439 (9.85) <0.001
Oxygen prior to hospitalization, n (%) 391 (29.11) 394 (30.4) 0.470 792 (25.45) 916 (29) 0.002 1183 (26.55) 1310 (29.41) 0.003
Noninvasive ventilation, n (%) 30 (2.23) 28 (2.16) 0.898 71 (2.28) 81 (2.56) 0.467 101 (2.27) 109 (2.45) 0.576
Invasive ventilation, n (%) 43 (3.2) 24 (1.85) 0.028 67 (2.15) 41 (1.3) 0.009 110 (2.47) 65 (1.46) 0.001
Computed tomography of the chest, n (%) 216 (16.08) 183 (14.12) 0.159 258 (8.29) 253 (8.01) 0.684 474 (10.64) 436 (9.79) 0.184
Respiratory function tests, n (%) 37 (2.76) 38 (2.93) 0.784 29 (0.93) 36 (1.14) 0.417 66 (1.48) 74 (1.66) 0.496
Bronchoscopy, n (%) 49 (3.65) 36 (2.78) 0.205 35 (1.12) 24 (0.76) 0.134 84 (1.89) 60 (1.35) 0.044
Lung scintigraphy, n (%) 9 (0.67) 6 (0.46) 0.479 1 (0.03) 2 (0.06) 0.572 10 (0.22) 8 (0.18) 0.637
Lung transplant, n (%) 59 (4.39) 29 (2.24) 0.002 3 (0.1) 2 (0.06) 0.643 62 (1.39) 31 (0.7) 0.001
Length of stay, median (IQR) 7 (8) 7 (7) 0.081 7 (7) 7 (7) 0.757 7 (7) 7 (7) 0.495
In-hospital mortality, n (%) 248 (18.47) 183 (14.12) 0.003 509 (16.36) 421 (13.33) 0.001 757 (16.99) 604 (13.56) <0.001

CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index. AIDS/HIV: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/Human immunodeficiency virus. p value for the comparison between men and women.