Associations Between Diabetes and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: a Study-level Pooled Analysis of 26 Million People.

This meta-analysis suggests that people with IPF have 1.54 times increased odds of diabetes compared to non-IPF controls, while whether patients with DM have an increased risk of IPF is still controversial. Further large, prospective cohort studies investigating the prevalence of IPF in diabetic patients are warranted.