Relationship between quantitative CT metrics and health status and BODE in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Carlos H. Martinez, Ya Hong Chen, Phillip M. Westgate, Lyrica X. Liu, Susan Murray, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Barry J. Make, Ella A. Kazerooni, David A. Lynch, Nathaniel Marchetti, George R. Washko, Fernando J. Martinez, Mei Lan K. Han, Nicola Hanania, Philip Alapat, Venkata Bandi, Kalpalatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Antara Mallampalli, Charles TrinhMustafa Atik, Dawn DeMeo, Craig Hersh, Francine Jacobson, R. Graham Barr, Byron Thomashow, John Austin, Neil MacIntyre, Lacey Washington, H. Page McAdams, Richard Rosiello, Timothy Bresnahan, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Nadia Hansel, Robert Brown, Gregory Diette, Richard Casaburi, Janos Porszasz, Hans Fischer, Matt Budoff, Michael E. DeBakey, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Hirani Kamal, Roham Darvishi, Dennis Niewoehner, Tadashi Allen, Quentin Anderson, Kathryn Rice, Marilyn Foreman, Gloria Westney, Eugene Berkowitz, Russell Bowler, Adam Friedlander, Joyce Schroeder, John Newell, Gerard Criner, Victor Kim, Aditi Satti, A. James Mamary, Robert Steiner, Chandra Dass, William Bailey, Mark Dransfield, Hrudaya Nath, Joe Ramsdell, Paul Friedman, Geoffrey McLennan, Edwin J.R. Van Beek, Brad Thompson, Dwight Look, Christine Wendt, Frank Sciurba, Joel Weissfeld, Carl Fuhrman, Jessica Bon, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Carlos Orozco, Mario Ruiz, James Crapo, Edwin Silverman, Elizabeth Regan, Sarah Moyle, Douglas Stinson, Terri Beaty, Barbara Klanderman, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Michael Cho, Stephanie Santorico, John Hokanson, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Tanda Murray, John Reilly, Harvey Coxson, Philip Judy, Eric Hoffman, Raul San Jose Estepar, James Ross, Rebecca Leek, Jordan Zach, Alex Kluiber, Jered Sieren, Heather Baumhauer, Verity McArthur, Dzimitry Kazlouski, Andrew Allen, Tanya Mann, Anastasia Rodionova, Robert Jensen, Homayoon Farzadegan, Stacey Meyerer, Shivam Chandan, Samantha Bragan, James Murphy, Douglas Everett, Carla Wilson, Ruthie Knowles, Amber Powell, Joe Piccoli, Maura Robinson, Margaret Forbes, Martina Wamboldt, Marci Sontag, Jennifer Black-Shinn, Gregory Kinney

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Abstract

Background: The value of quantitative CT (QCT) to identify chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotypes is increasingly appreciated. The authors hypothesised that QCT-defined emphysema and airway abnormalities relate to St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) and Body-Mass Index, Airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea and Exercise Capacity Index (BODE). Methods: 1200 COPDGene subjects meeting Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) criteria for COPD with QCT analysis were included. Total lung emphysema was measured using the density mask technique with a -950 Hounsfield unit threshold. An automated programme measured mean wall thickness (WT), wall area percentage (WA%) and 10 mm lumenal perimeter (pi10) in six segmental bronchi. Separate multivariate analyses examined the relative influence of airway measures and emphysema on SGRQ and BODE. Results: In separate models predicting SGRQ score, a 1 unit SD increase in each airway measure predicted higher SGRQ scores (for WT, 1.90 points higher, p=0.002; for WA%, 1.52 points higher, p=0.02; for pi10, 2.83 points higher p<0.001). The comparable increase in SGRQ for a 1 unit SD increase in emphysema percentage in these models was relatively weaker, significant only in the pi10 model (for emphysema percentage, 1.45 points higher, p=0.01). In separate models predicting BODE, a 1 unit SD increase in each airway measure predicted higher BODE scores (for WT, 1.07-fold increase, p<0.001; for WA%, 1.20-fold increase, p<0.001; for pi10, 1.16-fold increase, p<0.001). In these models, emphysema more strongly influenced BODE (range 1.24-1.26-fold increase, p<0.001). Conclusion: Emphysema and airway disease both relate to clinically important parameters. The relative influence of airway disease is greater for SGRQ; the relative influence of emphysema is greater for BODE.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)399-406
Number of pages8
JournalThorax
Volume67
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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