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. 2019 Jan 15;199(2):246–248. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201809-1679LE

Table 2.

Index Case with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Incidentally Discovered by Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing, and Her Two Sisters

  Case 3 Sibling 1 Sibling 2
Age, yr 49 45 50
Sex Female Female Female
Alpha-1 antitrypsin genotype PI*ZZ PI*ZZ PI*ZZ
Alpha-1 antitrypsin level, μM 6.3 6.3 6.9
Alpha-1 antitrypsin level, mg/dl 33 33 36
FEV1, L (% predicted) 3.38 (90) 3.61 (107) 3.0 (101)
FVC, L (% predicted) 5.01 (104) 5.26 (126) 3.9 (106)
FEV1/FVC ratio 0.67 0.69 0.77
Total lung capacity, L (% predicted) 7.49 (109) 7.23 (121) 7.7 (141)
DlCO, ml/min/mm Hg (% predicted) 20.4 (60) 24.5 (80) 19.8 (71)