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Table 5 Comparison of reported lung disease in the family between patients with sporadic and familial sarcoidosis or pulmonary fibrosis

From: Clustering of lung diseases in the family of interstitial lung disease patients

 

Sarcoidosis

pulmonary fibrosis

Sporadic

Familial

Sporadic

Familial

n = 554

n = 90

n = 175

n = 37

Disease in relatives, n (%):

    

Sarcoidosis

0 (0)

90 (100)

7 (4)

1 (3)

Pulmonary fibrosis

6 (1)

1 (1)

0 (0)

37 (100)

Remaining ILD

8 (1)

3 (3)

3 (2)

2 (5)

Non-ILD lung disease

337 (61)

58 (64)

118 (67)

26 (70)

Asthma

136 (25)

24 (27)

21 (12)

5 (14)

Bronchitis

84 (15)

17 (19)

15 (9)

1 (3)

COPD

55 (10)

10 (11)

16 (9)

4 (11)

Emphysema

38 (7)

7 (8)

13 (7)

10 (27)*

P 0.002

OR 4.6 (1.8–11.6)

Pneumonia

33 (6)

2 (2)

19 (11)

2 (5)

Tuberculosis

49 (9)

7 (8)

21 (12)

5 (14)

Lung cancer

127 (23)

26 (29)

46 (26)

17 (46)*

P 0.017

OR 2.4 (1.2–4.9)

Lung disease n.s

70 (13)

15 (17)

37 (21)

8 (22)

  1. *Significant difference (Chi squared or Fisher’s exact, p < 0.05) between sporadic and familial pulmonary fibrosis. The odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval between brackets are presented in case of significant results. n.s. = not specified