Validation of screening criteria for interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis in routine clinical practice: the VAR-EPIDSER study.

RMD Open · 2026 · PMC13185034 · PMID 42150840

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.093so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Regarding smoking, the proportion of current and former smokers was higher among patients with ILD (p=0.010), as was pack-year exposure, although the latter did not reach statistical significance (p=0.093).

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