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Effect of environmental and clinical factors on lung function and respiratory symptoms in adolescents with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

Piitulainen, Eeva LU and Sveger, Tomas LU (1998) In Acta Pædiatrica 87(11). p.1120-1124
Abstract
Individuals identified in the Swedish neonatal alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) screening study were followed prospectively from their first to their eighteenth year of life. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of environmental factors, i.e. active and passive smoking, and of clinical factors on lung function and the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in AAT-deficient adolescents. The study group consisted of 88 protease inhibitor (Pi)ZZ and 40 PiSZ adolescents. Medical history including respiratory symptoms, and active and passive smoking were recorded at each follow-up up to the age of 18 y. Lung function tests were performed at the present check-up. At the age of 18 y, both forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV ) and... (More)
Individuals identified in the Swedish neonatal alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) screening study were followed prospectively from their first to their eighteenth year of life. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of environmental factors, i.e. active and passive smoking, and of clinical factors on lung function and the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in AAT-deficient adolescents. The study group consisted of 88 protease inhibitor (Pi)ZZ and 40 PiSZ adolescents. Medical history including respiratory symptoms, and active and passive smoking were recorded at each follow-up up to the age of 18 y. Lung function tests were performed at the present check-up. At the age of 18 y, both forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV ) and FEV1/vital capacity (VC) were significantly lower in the smoking than in the non-smoking subgroup, and significantly more smokers than non-smokers reported the presence of phlegm. The mean FEV1/VC ratio was lower for those presently exposed to parental smoking. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that clinical liver disease in early life, active smoking and parental smoking were independent determinants of FEV1/VC. The results suggest that marginal deviations in lung function and the symptom of phlegm among AAT-deficient adolescents occur characteristically early in the subgroup of smokers. Parental smoking may contribute to decreased lung function. (Less)
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Adolescent, a1-antitrypsin deficiency, emphysema, passive smoking, smoking
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Acta Pædiatrica
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11
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1120 - 1124
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1651-2227
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10.1080/080352598750031095
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  author       = {{Piitulainen, Eeva and Sveger, Tomas}},
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  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{1120--1124}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Acta Pædiatrica}},
  title        = {{Effect of environmental and clinical factors on lung function and respiratory symptoms in adolescents with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/080352598750031095}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/080352598750031095}},
  volume       = {{87}},
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