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Fig. 1 | Respiratory Research

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From: Factors affecting treatment outcome in patients with idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia: a nationwide cohort study

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Flow chart of the study population. Initially, 2186 patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) were enrolled by the Korean study group between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2007. A total of 261 surgically diagnosed patients with non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) were analyzed in this study; 1925 patients with a different diagnosis other than NSIP were excluded from this study. One hundred and fifty seven patients were followed-up within 1 year, and 95 patients were followed-up after >1 year. Of these 95 patients, nine were in the conservative care group, and 86 in the treatment group. The treatment group was defined as those prescribed corticosteroid and/or immunosuppressant therapy, and conservative care group was defined as those who were only prescribed medication for symptom control. IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, COP: cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, AIP: acute interstitial pneumonia, DIP: desquamative interstitial pneumonia, RB-ILD: respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, LIP: lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia

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