Table 5 |
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| Distribution of the 4 main subgroups of IIP in published cohorts | |||||
| Author, Country | n | IPF/UIP | NSIP | DIP/RBILD | COP |
| Our study, Germany | 60 | 45% | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| Bjoraker 1998, USA [18] | 91 | 69.2% | 15.4% | 11% | 4.4% |
| Nagai 1998, Japan [19] | 111 | 58% | 28% | n.a. | 14% |
| Travis 2000, USA [20] | 101 | 55% | 29% | 16% | n.a. |
| Nicholson 2000, UK [21] | 78 | 47% | 36% | 17% | n.a. |
n.a. = not available.
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