UNLABELLED: This study aims to describe the distribution of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) in the South of Spain. METHODS: A prospective multicentre population-based registry was established in nine provinces in the south of Spain with a population of 6,848,243 during a 3-year period (1998-2000). The number of participant physicians was 36 among 29 public hospitals. The number of diagnoses recorded was 66, divided in eight categories and coded according to ICD-9. A consensus document was elaborated for the classification of diseases and their diagnostic criteria. The number of cases declared was analysed each 3 months and communicated to each one of the participants. RESULTS: There were 744 cases of them registered with an annual incidence of 3.62 cases/ 100,000. 40.1% of diagnoses were biopsy confirmed. Men had a slightly higher incidence (4.18 cases/ 100,000/year) than women (3.07 cases/100,000/year). The most frequent diseases found were: idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (38.58%), ILD associated to systemic diseases (20.97%), and Sarcoidosis (11.69%). According to province distribution, most of the cases were grouped in an area between the provinces of Seville and Cordoba, which comprised more than 50% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: The study of the incidence of ILD depicts an intermediate situation from previous studies on the incidence and distribution of this group of diseases.
UNLABELLED: This study aims to describe the distribution of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) in the South of Spain. METHODS: A prospective multicentre population-based registry was established in nine provinces in the south of Spain with a population of 6,848,243 during a 3-year period (1998-2000). The number of participant physicians was 36 among 29 public hospitals. The number of diagnoses recorded was 66, divided in eight categories and coded according to ICD-9. A consensus document was elaborated for the classification of diseases and their diagnostic criteria. The number of cases declared was analysed each 3 months and communicated to each one of the participants. RESULTS: There were 744 cases of them registered with an annual incidence of 3.62 cases/ 100,000. 40.1% of diagnoses were biopsy confirmed. Men had a slightly higher incidence (4.18 cases/ 100,000/year) than women (3.07 cases/100,000/year). The most frequent diseases found were: idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (38.58%), ILD associated to systemic diseases (20.97%), and Sarcoidosis (11.69%). According to province distribution, most of the cases were grouped in an area between the provinces of Seville and Cordoba, which comprised more than 50% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: The study of the incidence of ILD depicts an intermediate situation from previous studies on the incidence and distribution of this group of diseases.
Authors: P Foucher; M Biour; J P Blayac; P Godard; C Sgro; M Kuhn; J M Vergnon; D Vervloet; P Pfitzenmeyer; M Ollagnier; C Mayaud; P Camus Journal: Eur Respir J Date: 1997-02 Impact factor: 16.671
Authors: Fernando Pedraza-Serrano; Rodrigo Jiménez-García; Ana López-de-Andrés; Valentin Hernández-Barrera; Gema Sánchez-Muñoz; Luis Puente-Maestu; Javier de-Miguel-Díez Journal: Medicine (Baltimore) Date: 2019-05 Impact factor: 1.817
Authors: Michael Kreuter; Felix J F Herth; Margarethe Wacker; Reiner Leidl; Andreas Hellmann; Michael Pfeifer; Jürgen Behr; Sabine Witt; Dagmar Kauschka; Marcus Mall; Andreas Günther; Philipp Markart Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2015-11-10 Impact factor: 3.411