Comorbidities in unclassifiable interstitial lung disease.
Thomas Skovhus PriorCharlotte HyldgaardSebastiano Emanuele TorrisiSissel Kronborg-WhiteClaudia GanterElisabeth BendstrupMichael KreuterPublished in: Respiratory research (2022)
The comorbidity burden in uILD is lower than reported in other types of ILD and the impact of comorbidities on mortality needs further clarification. Three clusters with distinct comorbidity profiles were identified and could represent specific phenotypes. No difference in mortality was observed between clusters, but slower disease progression was observed in cluster 3. Better understanding of disease behavior and mortality will require further studies of subgroups of uILD with longer observation time.