Abstract
BackgroundIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic diffuse interstitial lung disease, of which the etiology has been poorly understood. Several studies have focused on the relationship between IPF and diabetes mellitus (DM) in the past years but have failed to reach a consensus. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the association between diabetes to IPF.MethodsWe accumulated studies investigating the association between DM and IPF from databases including Medline, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure. RevMan 5.3 and the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) were utilized to analyze the data and assess the quality of the included studies. The value of odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used as the measure to estimate the risk of DM in IPF. Heterogeneity was assessed by I2 statistics. We also performed subgroup analysis, meta-regression, and Egger’s test for bias analysis.ResultsNine case–control studies with 5096 IPF patients and 19,095 control subjects were included in the present meta-analysis, which indicated a positive correlation between DM and IPF (OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.30–2.10; P < 0.0001). Meta-regression and subgroup analysis negated the influence of covariates like cigarette smoking, age and gender, but the heterogeneity existed and could not be fully explained.ConclusionIPF and DM may be associated, but the causal relationship remains indeterminate till now. Further rigorously designed studies are required to confirm the present findings and investigate the possible mechanisms behind the effect of DM on IPF.
Highlights
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal pulmonary disease with an annual cumulative prevalence of 18.2 cases per 100,000 persons in America [1] while a median survival of only 3–5 years [2, 3]
We evaluated the diagnostic criteria of IPF and diabetes mellitus (DM) in each study for the possibility of selection bias
IPF was diagnosed based on clinical history, High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT), and lung biopsy while diagnosis of DM could be established with any objective method such as fasting blood glucose or simple by clinical symptoms combined with clinical history
Summary
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal pulmonary disease with an annual cumulative prevalence of 18.2 cases per 100,000 persons in America [1] while a median survival of only 3–5 years [2, 3]. It has been observed that IPF patients are often diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM), resulting in increased research interest in the correlation between these two diseases. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic diffuse interstitial lung disease, of which the etiology has been poorly understood. Several studies have focused on the relationship between IPF and diabetes mellitus (DM) in the past years but have failed to reach a consensus. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the association between diabetes to IPF
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