Mubasiru Lamidi

Discussion In this study, we found that higher exposures to environmental pollutants and greater social vulnerability, including both composite and individual CES measures, were associated with lower baseline lung function in patients with IPF. Furthermore, patients living in regions of greater relative disadvantage were less likely to be on antifibrotic therapy at their time of referral to the ILD centre, suggesting delayed treatment initiation despite lower lung function.

Interstitial lung disease Relative environmental and social disadvantage in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Na'ama Avitzur1, Elizabeth M Noth2, Mubasiru Lamidi3, Steven D Nathan4, Harold R Collard5, Alison M DeDent5, Neeta Thakur5, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1205-5511Kerri A Johannson1,6 1Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley,...

Abstract Objective The relationship between antiseizure medications (ASMs), which improve health outcomes by controlling seizures, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is poorly understood and may involve intermediate variables. We evaluated the potential mediators of the association between ASMs and HRQOL. Methods Data are from an outpatient registry of adult patients with epilepsy seen at the Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.