Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Elderly Patients: Analysis of the INSIGHTS-IPF Observational Study

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in Elderly Patients: Analysis of the INSIGHTS-IPF Observational Study

Background: An association between idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and advancing age is suspected since IPF occurs primarily in patients over 60 years of age. Though, little is known about the disease in the elderly. The aim of this study was to characterize elderly IPF patients using data from...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Leuschner, Jens Klotsche, Michael Kreuter, Antje Prasse, Hubert Wirtz, David Pittrow, Marion Frankenberger, Jürgen Behr, Nikolaus Kneidinger, The INSIGHTS-IPF Registry Group, Stefan Andreas, Thomas Bahmer, Martin Claussen, Sven Gläser, Christian Grohé, Lars Hagmeyer, Matthias Held, Nicolas Kahn, Joachim Kirschner, Dirk Koschel, Joachim F. Meyer, Claus Neurohr, Tim Oqueka, Martin Schwablmair, Dirk Skowasch, Tobias Welte, Henrike Wilkens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
aging
elderly
antifibrotic therapy
prognosis
multivariate analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.601279/full

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