John S Kim, Jinhye Kim, Xiaorui Yin, Grant T Hiura, Michaela R Anderson, Eric A Hoffman, Ganesh Raghu, Imre Noth, Ani Manichaikul, Stephen S Rich, Benjamin M Smith, Anna J Podolanczuk, Christine Kim Garcia, R Graham Barr, Martin R Prince, Elizabeth C Oelsner
Hiatus hernia (HH) is prevalent in adults with pulmonary fibrosis. We hypothesized that HH would be associated with markers of lung inflammation and fibrosis among community-dwelling adults and stronger among MUC5B (rs35705950) risk allele carriers.In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, HH was assessed from cardiac and full-lung computed tomography (CT) scans performed at Exam 1 (2000-2002, n=3342) and Exam 5 (2010-2012, n=3091), respectively. Percentage of high attenuation areas (HAAs, % of voxels with attenuation between -600 and -250 Hounsfield units) was measured from cardiac and lung scans...
July 1, 2022: European Respiratory Journal