Abstract
Subjects ≤ 18 yr of age with serum α1-antitrypsin (α1-AT) levels ≤ 11 μM or a ZZ genotype were followed for 3.5 to 7 yr with spirometry measurements every 6 to 12 mo as part of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Registry of Patients with Severe Deficiency of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin. Among all 1,129 enrollees, 5-yr mortality was 19% (95% CI: 16 to 21%). In multivariate analyses of 1,048 subjects who had been contacted ≤ 6 mo after enrolling, age and baseline FEV1% predicted were significant predictors of mortality. Results also showed that those subjects receiving augmentation therapy. Among 927 subjects with two or more FEV1 measurements ≤ 1 yr apart, the mean FEV1 decline was 54 ml/yr, with more rapid decline in males, those aged 30 to 44 yr, current smokers, those with FEV1, 35 to 79% predicted, and those who ever had a bronchodilator response. Among all subjects, FEV1, decline was not different between augmentation-therapy groups (p=0.40). However, among subjects with a mean FEV1 35 to 49% predicted, FEV1 decline was significantly slower for subjects receiving than for those not receiving augmentation therapy (mean difference = 27 ml/yr, 95% CI: 3 to 51 ml/yr; p = 0.03). Because this was not a randomized trial, we cannot exclude the possibility that these differences may have been due to other factors for which we could not control.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 49-59 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine |
Volume | 158 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1998 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine