Gender differences in clinical features, comorbidities and prognostic outcomes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis—a retrospective cohort analysis from the British Thoracic Society Interstitial Lung Disease Registry

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an unknown aetiology type of interstitial lung disease (ILD), carries the poorest prognosis and is more common in males and the elderly. Gender differences in baseline presentation, lung function and comorbidities may have an impact on prognostic outco...

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Published in:	BMJ Open
Main Authors:	Gavin Thomas, Nazia Chaudhuri, Fasihul Khan, Iain Stewart, Evelyn Palmer, Sophie Fletcher, Felix Chua, Giles Dixon, Helen Morris, Sally Welham, Richard Hewitt, Lucile Sesé, Andrew Achaiah, Miguel Souto, Marium Naqvi, Maria Loughenbury, Clare Hodkinson, Paul Minnis, Leng Cheng Sia, Gina Amanda, Karol Bączek, Graham Bloye
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2025-10-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/10/e104914.full