The relationship between interstitial lung abnormalities, mortality, and multimorbidity: a cohort study.
Jason Leigh SandersGisli AxelssonRachel PutmanAravind MenonJosée DupuisHanfei XuShuai WangJoanne MurabitoRamachandran VasanTetsuro ArakiMizuki NishinoGeorge R WashkoHiroto HatabuGeorge O'ConnorGunnar GudmundssonVilmundur GudnasonGary M HunninghakePublished in: Thorax (2022)
ILAs were associated with mortality adjusted for multimorbidity and were similarly associated with increased mortality compared with several common chronic diseases. ILAs were not consistently associated with the prevalence of these diseases themselves.