Esquinas, CristinaSerreri, SoniaBarrecheguren, MiriamRodriguez, EstherNuñez, AlexaCasas-Maldonado, FranciscoBlanco, IgnacioPirina, PietroLara, BeatrizMiravitlles, Marc2023-01-252023-01-252018-03-23http://hdl.handle.net/10668/12307The clinical course of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is very heterogeneous. It is estimated that 60% of individuals with severe AATD (Pi*ZZ) develop emphysema. The main objective of this study was to describe the outcomes of long-term lung function in individuals with AATD-associated emphysema after at least 8 years of follow-up. We performed a retrospective analysis of longitudinal follow-up data of AATD PiZZ patients from the Spanish registry (AATD Spanish Registry [REDAAT]). The main follow-up outcome was the annual rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) calculated using the FEV1 values at baseline and in the last post-bronchodilator spirometry available. One hundred and twenty-two AATD PiZZ patients were analyzed. The median follow-up was 11 years (interquartile range =9-14). The mean FEV1 decline was 28 mL/year (SD=54), with a median of 33 mL/year. Tobacco consumption (β=19.8, p In this large cohort with a long follow-up, we observed a very variable decline of FEV1. However, the mean FEV1 decline was similar to that observed in large cohorts of smoking-related COPD. Tobacco consumption, previous pneumonia and better lung function at baseline were related to a faster decline in FEV1. These results highlight the importance of early diagnosis and effective treatment.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiencylung functionregistersAdultAgedChi-Square DistributionDisease ProgressionFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHumansLinear ModelsLungMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPhenotypePneumoniaPrognosisPulmonary EmphysemaRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSmokingSpainSpirometryTime Factorsalpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiencyresearch article29615836open access10.2147/COPD.S1552261178-2005PMC5870637https://www.dovepress.com/getfile.php?fileID=41150https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5870637/pdf