Table 3 Clinical characterization and relative telomere length for individuals with variants identified in genes from Panel A.

From: A tiered strategy to identify relevant genetic variants in familial pulmonary fibrosis: a proof of concept for the clinical practice

ID patient

F12_P1

F12_P2

F13_P1

F3_P1

F1_P1

F9_P1

F11_P1

F6_P1

F8_P1

F7_P1

F7_P2

Gender

Male

Female

Male

Male

Male

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Age (years)

56

64

56

46

83

67

64

74

67

46

58

Smoking

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Diagnosis

IPF

IPF

Emphysema/IPF

IPF

Emphysema/IPF

IPAF

IPF

IPF

IPF

Unclassifiable PF

Emphysema/IPF

Disease onset (years)

55

61

50

44

79

65

61

72

66

34

57

Family history

Two brothers with fibrotic ILD, hepatic disorder and bone marrow failure

Two brothers with fibrotic ILD, hepatic disorder and bone marrow failure

Brother with ILD and asthma. Father with unclassifiable PF

Father and two uncles with ILD

Three brothers and two cousins with ILD

Father with fibrotic ILD

Aunt and cousin with fibrotic ILD

Brother with ILD

Mother with fibrotic ILD

Mother with fibrotic ILD and sister with ILD

Mother and brother with ILD

Lung transplant

Candidate

Candidate

Candidate

Candidate

No candidate

Candidate

Candidate

No candidate

Candidate

No candidate

Candidate

Initial symptoms

Dyspnea

Dyspnea

Dyspnea

Dyspnea and cough

Dyspnea and cough

Cough

Dyspnea and cough

Dyspnea and cough

Dyspnea and cough

Dyspnea

Dyspnea and cough

Time to death from diagnosis (months)

24

48

60

12

Comorbidities

Thrombocytopenia

Asthma

Cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis, type 2 diabetes

Epilepsy, cryptogenic liver disease,

Thrombocytopenia, coxarthrosis

Treated tuberculosis; Lumbar canal stenosis L4-L5

Hypertension, Avascular necrosis, polyarthritis, dyslipedemia

Gastroesophageal reflux

Hypertension, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia

Hypertension, dyslipidemia, chronic autoimmune thyroiditis

Cryptogenic cirrhosis

Dyslipidemia/

Migraine

Treatment

Oxygen/

Antifibrotics

Corticoesteroids

Antifibrotics

Antifibrotics

Antifibrotics

Oxygen/

Antifibrotics

Corticosteroids/

Antifibrotics

Antifibrotics

Antifibrotics/

Oxygen

Corticosteroids

  

HRCT

UIP pattern

UIP pattern

Emphysema/ UIP pattern

UIP pattern

Emphysema/UIP pattern

UIP pattern

UIP pattern

UIP pattern

UIP pattern

Inconsistent with UIP

UIP pattern

FVC (%)

48

78

45

68

63

66

87

69

71

81

86

FEV1 (%)

49

79

54

70

70

73

94

68

72

57

84

DLCO (%)

42

60

48

36

36

58

62

49

46

12

76

Telomere length

10-25

<1

<10

<1

<1

<10

10-25

50-75

<1

unknown

10-25

Variant

RTEL1 c.2920 C > T

RTEL1 c.2920 C > T

RTEL1 c.2920 C > T

NAF1 c.1104 T > G

TINF2

c.1108 C > T RTEL1 c.2935 C > T

RTEL1 c.2579 C > T

SFTPA2 c.482 G > A

SPDL1

c.892-2 A > G

RTEL1 c.3470 C > A

TERT

c.2885 G > A

TERT

c.2885 G > A

  1. IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, ILD interstitial lung disease, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia, HRCT high-resolution computed tomography, FVC forced vital capacity, DLCO diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide, IPAF interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features.