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. 2022 Dec 21;12:22037. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26510-6

Table 1.

Diagnostic sensitivity of TBLC for each disease.

MDD diagnosis Sensitivity without C/R (n = 431) Sensitivity with C/R (n = 213)
n (%) P value n (%) P value
IIP 95/146 (65.1%) 50/62 (80.7%)
IPF 77/106 (72.6%) 43/50 (86.0%)
Idiopathic NSIP 0/6 (0.0%)  < 0.001* 0/2 (0.0%) 0.027*
COP 7/12 (58.3%) 0.323* 1/1 (100%) 1.000*
SR-ILD 7/17 (41.2%) 0.022* 4/7 (57.1%) 0.095*
HP 50/88 (56.8%) 0.215** 42/52 (80.8%) 1.000**
Fibrotic HP 34/67 (50.8%) 0.009* 30/37 (81.1%) 0.567*
Non-fibrotic HP 16/21 (76.2%) 1.000* 12/15 (80.0%) 0.685*
Iatrogenic 9/14 (64.3%) 1.000** 2/5 (40.0%) 0.070**
Drug induced ILD 9/12 (75.0%) 1.000* 2/4 (50.0%) 0.125*
Radiation pneumonitis 0/2 (0.0%) 0.081* 0/1 (0.0%) 0.157*
CTD-ILD 24/54 (44.4%) 0.010** 29/33 (87.9%) 0.566**
RA 10/21 (47.6%) 0.038* 11/12 (91.7%) 1.000*
Sjogren syndrome 2/8 (25.0%) 0.010* 4/5 (80.0%) 0.559*
SSc 2/8 (25.0%) 0.010* 5/6 (83.3%) 1.000*
PM/DM 4/6 (66.7%) 0.668* 5/5 (100%) 1.000*
AAV 3/8 (37.5%) 0.050* 2/3 (66.7%) 0.394*
Other disease 39/57 (68.4%) 0.742** 15/17 (88.2%) 0.722**
Sarcoidosis 8/11 (72.7%) 1.000* 3/4 (75.0%) 0.484*
Infection 6/10 (60.0%) 0.467* 0/1 (0.0%) 0.157*
Pneumoconiosis 2/4 (50.0%) 0.315* 1/1 (100%) 1.000*
Unclassifiable ILD 14/72 (19.4%)  < 0.001** 9/35(20.5%)  < 0.001**

Significant values are in bold.

AAV, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis; COP, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; C/R, clinical/radiological information; CTD, connective tissue disease; HP, hypersensitivity pneumonitis; IIP, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; ILD, interstitial lung disease; IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; NSIP, non-specific interstitial pneumonia; PM/DM, polymyiositis/dermatomyositis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SR-ILD, smoking related interstitial lung disease; SSc, systemic sclerosis.

* Compared with IPF.

** Compared with IIPs.