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. 2007 Sep 20;176(11):1120–1128. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200703-393OC

TABLE 2.

AGE AT BIOPSY AND OUTCOME BY CATEGORY

Category Age at Biopsy, mo Mean ± SEM (range) % Mortality Age at Death, mo Mean ± SEM (range) Age at Follow-up of Survivors, mo Mean ± SEM (range)
Diffuse developmental disorders 0.7 ± 0.2 (0.3–1.2) 100% 0.7 ± 0.1 (0.3–1.2) n/a
Lung growth abnormalities 5.35 ± 0.8 (0.3–22) 34% 9.5 ± 2.7 (0.3–31) 25.3 ± 3.1 (3–64)
Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis 1.3 ± 0.4 (0.3–3.0) 0% n/a 20.3 ± 6.1 (2–43)
Neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy 13.9 ± 1.7 (2.7-24)* 0% n/a 37.9 ± 5.3 (15–71)
Surfactant dysfunction (all) 5.8 ± 1.6 (0.2–22) 41.2% 1.9 ± 0.6 (0.4–4.5) 36.9 ± 7.9 (10–73)
 SP-C mutations 8.9 ± 3.0 (2.0 –22) 0% n/a 36.8 ± 8.4 (10–61)
 ABCA-3 mutations 1.3 ± 0.5 (0.2 –3.0) 100% 1.9 ± 0.7 (0.4–4.5) n/a
Disorders of the normal host 13.1 ± 1.7 (1.2–24) 5% 15.0 39.7 ± 4.8 (11–72)
Disorders resulting from systemic disease processes 10.5 ± 3.6 (1–22) 20% 1.4 23.5 ± 3.8 (16–33)
Disorders of the immunocompromised host 11.6 ± 1.3 (1.5–24) 30.8% 12.4 ± 2.9 (2.5–28) 36.1 ± 3.3 (10–61)
Disorders masquerading as ILD 7.3 ± 2.3 (0.2–24) 28.6% 11.0 ± 5.0 (6–16) 17.8 ± 5.5 (7–33)

Definition of abbreviations: ILD = interstitial lung disease; NEHI = neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy; SP-C = surfactant protein C.

*

P < 0.05 for NEHI versus other disorders of infancy.

P < 0.01 for ABCA-3 versus SP-C.