Characteristics and outcome of the 137 participants in the family-based cohort study.

RA: rheumatoid arthritis; DB: diffuse bronchiectasis. CFTR: cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene.Plus-minus values are means+SD.a P-values of Fisher exact tests.b P-values of Kruskal-Wallis tests.* Causes of death included CVA, Hodgkin lymphoma, cancer, and refractory RA, in one patient each.† Cause of death was CVA.‡ Cause of death was cancer.¥ Causes of death included cancer in 4 patients and degenerative neurological disease in one patient.Characteristics and outcome of the 137 participants in the family-based cohort study.