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. 2005 Nov 1;172(9):1146-52.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.200408-1104OC. Epub 2005 Aug 18.

Clinical and pathologic features of familial interstitial pneumonia

Mark P Steele  1 , Marcy C Speer, James E Loyd, Kevin K Brown, Aretha Herron, Susan H Slifer, Lauranell H Burch, Momen M Wahidi, John A Phillips 3rd, Thomas A Sporn, H Page McAdams, Marvin I Schwarz, David A Schwartz
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Clinical and pathologic features of familial interstitial pneumonia

Mark P Steele et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .

Abstract

Rationale: Several lines of evidence suggest that genetic factors and environmental exposures play a role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis.

Objectives: We evaluated families with 2 or more cases of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia among first-degree family members (familial interstitial pneumonia, or FIP), and identified 111 families with FIP having 309 affected and 360 unaffected individuals.

Methods: The presence of probable or definite FIP was based on medical record review in 28 cases (9.1%); clinical history, diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide (DL(CO)), and chest X-ray in 16 cases (5.2%); clinical history, DL(CO), and high-resolution computed tomography chest scan in 191 cases (61.8%); clinical history and surgical lung biopsy in 56 cases (18.1%); and clinical history and autopsy in 18 cases (5.8%).

Results: Older age (68.3 vs. 53.1; p < 0.0001), male sex (55.7 vs. 37.2%; p < 0.0001), and having ever smoked cigarettes (67.3 vs. 34.1%; p < 0.0001) were associated with the development of FIP. After controlling for age and sex, having ever smoked cigarettes remained strongly associated with the development of FIP (odds ratio(adj), 3.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-9.8). Evidence of aggregation of disease was highly significant (p < 0.001) among sibling pairs, and 20 pedigrees demonstrated vertical transmission, consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance. Forty-five percent of pedigrees demonstrated phenotypic heterogeneity, with some pedigrees demonstrating several subtypes of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia occurring within the same families.

Conclusions: These findings suggest that FIP may be caused by an interaction between a specific environmental exposure and a gene (or genes) that predisposes to the development of several subtypes of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia.

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Figure 1.
Age of affected subjects at diagnosis. Age at diagnosis is defined as a subject's age at which the first abnormal diagnostic test is reported, prioritized in the following order: (1) CXR, (2) HRCT, and (3) lung biopsy, reported for those with either probable or definite FIP.
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