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Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42
BACKGROUND: Severe hereditary alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a known risk factor for the early development of pulmonary emphysema and COPD, especially in smokers. By the Swedish national screening programme carried out from 1972 to 1974, a cohort of individuals with severe (PiZZ) AATD was...
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author | Schramm, Georg Rüdiger Mostafavi, Behrouz Piitulainen, Eeva Wollmer, Per Tanash, Hanan A |
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description | BACKGROUND: Severe hereditary alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a known risk factor for the early development of pulmonary emphysema and COPD, especially in smokers. By the Swedish national screening programme carried out from 1972 to 1974, a cohort of individuals with severe (PiZZ) AATD was identified and has been followed up regularly. The aim of this study was to investigate health status, quality of life and lung function in this cohort at the age of 42 years compared with an age-matched control group randomly selected from the population registry. METHODS: All study participants answered a questionnaire on smoking habits, symptoms, occupation, exposure to airway irritants and quality of life using Saint George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). They underwent complete pulmonary function tests (PFT) and forced oscillation technique (FOT) for the measurement of airway resistance and reactance. Blood samples were taken for allergies and IgG-subclasses as an indicator of increased risk of airway infections. RESULTS: The residual volume (RV), total lung capacity (TLC) and RV/TLC ratio were significantly higher in the PiZZ ever-smokers compared to the PiMM ever-smokers and PiZZ never-smokers (p < 0.05). The resistance in the upper, small and total airways was significantly lower in PiZZ subjects compared to PiMM subjects (p < 0.05). A greater proportion of PiZZ never-smokers had an FEV(1)/VC ratio <0.7 than PiMM never-smokers (p = 0.043). PiZZ subjects with occupational exposure to airway irritants showed a significantly lower FEV(1), VC and higher RV/TLC ratio than PiMM individuals with exposure (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: At the age of 42, ever-smoking PiZZ individuals have signs of COPD, and also PiZZ never-smokers have early, physiological signs of emphysema. |
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spelling | pubmed-87115592022-01-05 Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42 Schramm, Georg Rüdiger Mostafavi, Behrouz Piitulainen, Eeva Wollmer, Per Tanash, Hanan A Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis Original Research BACKGROUND: Severe hereditary alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a known risk factor for the early development of pulmonary emphysema and COPD, especially in smokers. By the Swedish national screening programme carried out from 1972 to 1974, a cohort of individuals with severe (PiZZ) AATD was identified and has been followed up regularly. The aim of this study was to investigate health status, quality of life and lung function in this cohort at the age of 42 years compared with an age-matched control group randomly selected from the population registry. METHODS: All study participants answered a questionnaire on smoking habits, symptoms, occupation, exposure to airway irritants and quality of life using Saint George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). They underwent complete pulmonary function tests (PFT) and forced oscillation technique (FOT) for the measurement of airway resistance and reactance. Blood samples were taken for allergies and IgG-subclasses as an indicator of increased risk of airway infections. RESULTS: The residual volume (RV), total lung capacity (TLC) and RV/TLC ratio were significantly higher in the PiZZ ever-smokers compared to the PiMM ever-smokers and PiZZ never-smokers (p < 0.05). The resistance in the upper, small and total airways was significantly lower in PiZZ subjects compared to PiMM subjects (p < 0.05). A greater proportion of PiZZ never-smokers had an FEV(1)/VC ratio <0.7 than PiMM never-smokers (p = 0.043). PiZZ subjects with occupational exposure to airway irritants showed a significantly lower FEV(1), VC and higher RV/TLC ratio than PiMM individuals with exposure (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: At the age of 42, ever-smoking PiZZ individuals have signs of COPD, and also PiZZ never-smokers have early, physiological signs of emphysema. Dove 2021-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8711559/ /pubmed/34992356 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S335683 Text en © 2021 Schramm et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Schramm, Georg Rüdiger Mostafavi, Behrouz Piitulainen, Eeva Wollmer, Per Tanash, Hanan A Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42 |
title | Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42 |
title_full | Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42 |
title_fullStr | Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42 |
title_full_unstemmed | Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42 |
title_short | Lung Function and Health Status in Individuals with Severe Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency at the Age of 42 |
title_sort | lung function and health status in individuals with severe alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency at the age of 42 |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8711559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34992356 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S335683 |
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