Relationships between Values of Antibodies to Several Connective Tissue Disease Autoantigens and Pulmonary Function in a Japanese General Population: The Takahata Study

Hiroshi Nakano, Yoko Shibata, Sumito Inoue, Akira Igarashi, Keiko Yamauchi, Shuichi Abe, Masamichi Sato, Yasuko Aida, Keiko Nunomiya, Tomomi Kimura, Takako Nemoto, Tetsu Watanabe, Tsuneo Konta, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Takeo Kato, Takamasa Kayama and Isao Kubota

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-

Abstract: Background: Accumulating evidence suggests the involvement of an autoimmune mechanism in the pathogenesis of respiratory dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between pulmonary function and serum antibodies to several connective tissue disease autoantigens (ACTDA) levels, which has not been investigated in a general population. Methods: Blood sampling and spirometry were performed for subjects (n = 3,257) aged ≥40 years who participated in a community-based annual health check in Takahata, Japan, from 2004 to 2006. ACTDA was measured by enzyme immunoassay, and subjects with ACTDA values ≥20 were defined as positive. Results: In males, there were significant inverse relationships between logarithmically transformed ACTDA values and spirometric parameters, including % predicted values for forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and maximal midexpiratory flow (MMF) as well as FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that except for the relationship between ACTDA and FEV1/FVC, these relationships were still significant after adjustment for Brinkman index (a measure of inhaled cigarette consumption). The prevalence of positive ACTDA was greater in male never-smokers with mixed ventilation disorders and relatively severe airflow obstruction (% predicted FEV1 below the median value). Conclusions: Autoimmunity may be involved in the mechanism of impaired pulmonary function in the general population.

Date: 2013
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