Table 3.

Underlying childhood medical conditions and adult co-morbidities in Yukon Kuskokwim Delta adults 20–40 years of age with childhood bronchiectasis

Childhood	Underlying conditions and co-morbidities	Number N = 31	Percent
	Congenital Heart Disease	6	19%
	Scoliosis†	4	13%
	Prematurity	4	13%
	Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Developmental Delay	6	19%
	Growth Failure, Small for Age, Failure to thrive	3	9%
	Lower airway diseaseβ	27	87%
Adulthood	Co-morbidity‡	Number N = 29	Percent
	Lower airway diseaseβ	19	66%
	Tobacco use	24	83%
	Alcohol abuse or misuse	18	62%
	Mental illness or intellectual disability	9	31%

† Two patients had congenital scoliosis associated with congenital anomalies, two developed scoliosis during later childhood.

‡ Nine patients had hypertension in adulthood. One patient each had chronic active hepatitis B, diabetes, stroke. Three patients had a diagnosis of cor pulmonale.

β Lower airway disease includes recurrent wheezing, asthma, or other obstructive lung diseases, diagnosed by physician or pulmonologist.