TABLE 1

Breakdown of interstitial lung disease diagnoses and number of patients in each category#

Known association
 Connective tissue disease10 (5)
 Drug side-effects8 (4)
 Occupational cause4 (2)
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
 Cryptogenic organising pneumonia4 (2)
 Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis105 (50)
 Idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia27 (13)
 Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis2 (1)
Granulomatous
 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis22 (10)
 Sarcoidosis27 (13)

Data are presented as n (%). #: n=209.