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However, its relationship with clinical outcomes in hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) remains unclear. We aimed to determine whether VE correlates with disease severity and predicts mortality in HP.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Research question<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In patients with HP, does VE correlate with disease severity and predict mortality?<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This retrospective cohort study (2009\u20132019) included patients with non-fibrotic (nfHP) and fibrotic HP (fHP) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which served as the comparison group. CPET variables, including VE\/carbon dioxide (VE\/VCO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      ), were assessed across various forced vital capacity (FVC%) and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO%) ranges. Multivariate logistic regression identified predictors of 5-year mortality and survival was assessed with Kaplan-Meier plots.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      164 patients were analysed (mean age of 65.6\u00b112.0 years, 54.3% male). 25 had nfHP, 66 fHP and 73 IPF. Overall, an increase in the VE\/VCO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      slope and nadir was observed as the DLCO% decreased, but not with a decrease in FVC%, while the intercept remained unchanged. Patients with pulmonary hypertension (35%, 57\/164) and fHP or IPF had significantly higher VE\/VCO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      slope and nadir when compared with patients without pulmonary hypertension or nfHP, respectively. A VE\/VCO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      slope \u226542 predicted survival (HR 3.65; 95%\u2009CI 1.04 to 12.80). Restricting the analysis to patients with HP showed similar results (HR 5.49; 95%\u2009CI 1.19 to 33.54).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interpretation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In patients with HP, elevated VE\/VCO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      is associated with the presence of pulmonary fibrosis, PH, reduced DLCO and a higher mortality risk. A VE\/VCO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      slope threshold of 42 may serve as a practical prognostic marker for stratification.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjresp-2026-004221","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]],"date-time":"2026-07-09T11:55:38Z","timestamp":1783598138000},"page":"e004221","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Prognostic value of ventilatory efficiency in hypersensitivity pneumonitis"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Worawat","family":"Chumpangern","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Khon Kaen University Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paolo","family":"Spagnolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Respiratory Disease Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pailin","family":"Ratanawatkul","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Khon Kaen University Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael P","family":"Mohning","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Heatlh, Denver, Colorado, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7535-1591","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Evans R","family":"Fern\u00e1ndez P\u00e9rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Heatlh, Denver, Colorado, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026081204351396000_13.1.e004221.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1513\/AnnalsATS.201704-288OC"},{"key":"2026081204351396000_13.1.e004221.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chest.2021.03.066"},{"key":"2026081204351396000_13.1.e004221.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Swigris JJ , Moua T , Chaudhary S , et al . 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