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Swedish Study Finds Family Linkage in COPD Hospitalizations
A Swedish study has found that family members of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) also tend to have pulmonary symptoms.
According to a report on the Swedish study:
“Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive disabling condition, for which tobacco smoking, environmental pollution, inherited -antitrypsin deficiency and their interactions are predisposing factors. We carried out a family study on COPD in order to address the role of heritable and environmental risk factors at a population level.
In a nationwide study on familial risks for COPD the Multigeneration Register on newborn to 72-year-old subjects was linked to the Hospital Discharge Register from years 1987 to 2004. Standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated for affected singleton siblings, twins and spouses by comparing them with those whose siblings or spouses had no hospitalisation for COPD…”
