Prevalence of Small-Airway Dysfunction among COPD Patients with Different GOLD Stages and Its Role in the Impact of Disease
- 17 November 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Respiration
- Vol. 93 (1), 32-41
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000452479
Abstract
Background: In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, small-airway dysfunction (SAD) is considered a functional hallmark of disease. However, the exact role of SAD in the clinical presentation of COPD is not yet completely understood; moreover, it is not known whether SAD may have a relationship with the impact of disease. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of SAD among COPD patients categorized by the old and the new GOLD classification and to ascertain whether there is a relationship between SAD and impact of disease measured by the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) questionnaire. Methods: We prospectively enrolled COPD outpatients from the University Hospital of Parma. Using the impulse oscillometry system (IOS), we assessed the fall in resistance from 5 to 20 Hz (R5-R20), reactance at 5 Hz (X5), and resonant frequency (FRes) as markers of peripheral airway dysfunction. According to R5-R20 ≥0.07 or <0.07, the cohort was also categorized in patients with and without SAD, respectively. Results: We studied 202 patients. In both GOLD classifications, a progressive increasing distribution of R5-R20 and FRes was reported with a decreasing of X5. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between R5-R20 and CAT (r = 0.527, p < 0.001). Finally, the presence of SAD (OR 11.96; 95% CI 4.53-31.58; p < 0.001) and use of ICS + LABA + LAMA (OR 5.31; 95% CI 1.88-15.02; p = 0.002) were independent predictors of higher impact (CAT score ≥10). Conclusion: In COPD patients, the presence of SAD, as assessed by IOS, progressively increases with GOLD classifications and it is closely related to the high impact of disease on health status.Keywords
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