Table 1.
Presentation of participants
Participant | Age at PGTa | Age at interview | Manifest or latent AIP | Disease manifestation in patients and relatives |
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1. Alex | 10–12 | 21 | lAIP | First-degree relative with unspecific symptoms |
2. Morgan | 11 | 17 | lAIP | First-degree relative with one AIP attack. Second-degree relative with chronic and unspecific complaints |
3. Billie | 14 | 19 | mAIP | Unspecific symptoms, more or less chronic complaints. Admitted to hospital twice. First-degree relative with unspecific and frequent complaints in earlier years |
4. Drew | 5–7 | 17 | mAIP | Three AIP attacks requiring hospitalisation |
5. Taylor | 17 | 21 | lAIP | No symptomatic relatives in immediate family |
6. Chris | 12 | 17 | lAIP | First-degree relative with unspecific and frequent complaints |
7. Morgan | 15 | 16 | lAIP | First-degree relative with several AIP attacks requiring hospitalisation |
8. Bobbie | 11 | 19 | mAIP | One serious AIP attack. First-degree relative with a few attacks treated at home |
9. Cameron | 17 | 21 | lAIP | First-degree relative with one attack |
10. Francis | 15 | 17 | lAIP | First-degree relative with both unspecific and frequent symptoms and attacks requiring medical treatment |
Unspecific symptoms – Symptoms perceived by the participants: fatigue, muscle aches, headaches, dizziness, etc that were not in combination with otherwise unexplained episodes of stomach/back pain with a duration of >12 h
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