Background incidence rates of Interstitial Lung Disease

Study type

• Study topic:
  Disease /health condition
• Study type:
  Non-interventional study
• Scope of the study:
  Disease epidemiology
• Data collection methods:
  Secondary use of data

Non-interventional study

• Non-interventional study design:
  Cohort

Study drug and medical condition

• Medical condition to be studied:
  Interstitial lung disease

Population studied

• Short description of the study population:
  The study focused on general population and patients visiting general practices in Germany and France identified through IMRD databases to determine the incidence rates of interstitial lung disease.
• Age groups:
  Preterm newborn infants (0 – 27 days)

  Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)

  Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)

  Children (2 to < 12 years)

  Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)

  Adults (18 to < 46 years)

  Adults (46 to < 65 years)

  Adults (65 to < 75 years)

  Adults (75 to < 85 years)

  Adults (85 years and over)
• Special population of interest:
  Other
• Special population of interest, other:
  Patients with interstitial lung disease
• Estimated number of subjects:
  9500

Study design details

• Main study objective:
  The objective of the study was to describe incidence rates of ILD in the general population and stratified by gender, age, and year
• Outcomes:
  Interstitial lung disease
• Data analysis plan:
  This was a cohort study describing incidence rates of ILD in the general population.