The diagnostic trajectories of Danish patients with autoimmune rheumatologic disease associated interstitial lung disease: an interview-based study

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Table 1. Patient characteristics.

Gender	Age	ARD
Females: 12 Males: 4	41–50: 2 51–60: 5 61–70: 4 71–80: 3 81–90: 2	Systemic sclerosis: 8 Rheumatoid arthritis: 5 Myositis: 3

Figure 1. Map of diagnostic trajectories based on patient interviews. The thicker lines show the most common routes identified in the data set, while thin lines represent the less common routes (figure adapted from Johansen & Martin [27]).

Table 2. Patient trajectories.

Sequence of diagnoses	Patients (No.)	Time from first respiratory symptoms to ILD diagnosis (months)	Patients (No.)
ARD prior to ILD	4	0–6	5
ILD prior to ARD	3	7–12	4
ARD and ILD in close proximity	9	13–18	2
		18+	5

Johansen MB, Martin HM. De mange veje til en lungefibrosediagnose. København: VIVE; 2021.

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