Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease characterised
by chronic fibrosis, and acute exacerbation of IPF (AE-IPF) is the leading cause of death in …

Objectives: Obesity can be an independent predictor of fibrosis in tissues, including the liver,
heart, and skin. We evaluated a rural Appalachian cohort of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease that manifests in hypoxemia,
inactivity, and poor prognosis. This study aimed to assess the prognostic role of physical …

Background Physical activity (PA) is associated with disease severity in idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), but longitudinal studies evaluating its prognostic value and …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease with a variable
clinical course and high mortality. We used data from a large national US registry of patients …

Background Hospitalizations are common among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
(IPF). We investigated the impact of hospitalizations on outcomes in patients with IPF …

Abstract Background Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung
disease for which there is no cure. However, lung function decline, hospitalizations, and …

Rationale: Mortality prediction is well studied in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), but little
is known about predictors of premortality disease progression. Identification of patients at …

In therapeutic studies in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the low prevalence of significant
change in pulmonary functional tests (PFTs) has been a major constraint. The prognostic …

Background Hypoxemia is a cardinal feature of fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). The
incidence, progression, and prognostic significance of hypoxemia in patients with fibrotic ILD …