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CHEST
Volume 164, Issue 3, Pages 637-649Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.02.045
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cardiovascular disease; COPD; Framingham risk score; heart failure; ischemic heart disease; pooled cohorts' equation; preserved ratio impaired spirometry
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In community settings, individuals with mild to moderate or worse COPD and PRISm findings have a higher prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to those with normal spirometry findings. However, adding impaired spirometry findings to existing CVD risk scores does not improve the prediction of CVD.
BACKGROUND: Individuals with COPD and preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) findings in clinical settings have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). RESEARCH QUESTION: Do individuals with mild to moderate or worse COPD and PRISm findings in community settings have a higher prevalence and incidence of CVD compared with individuals with normal spirometry findings? Can CVD risk scores be improved when impaired spirometry is added?STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The analysis was embedded in the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD). Prevalence of CVD (ischemic heart disease [IHD] and heart failure [HF]) and their incidence over 6.3 years were compared between groups with impaired and normal spirometry findings using logistic regression and Cox models, respectively, adjusting for covariables. Discrimination of the pooled cohort equations (PCE) and Framingham risk score (FRS) in predicting CVD were assessed with and without impaired spirometry.RESULTS: Participants (n = 1,561) included 726 people with normal spirometry findings and 835 people with impaired spirometry findings (COPD Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease [GOLD] stage 1 disease, n = 408; GOLD stage >= 2, n = 331; PRISm findings, n = 96). Rates of undiagnosed COPD were 84% in GOLD stage 1 and 58% in GOLD stage >= 2 groups. Prevalence of CVD (IHD or HF) was significantly higher among individuals with impaired spirometry findings and COPD compared with those with normal spirometry findings, with ORs of 1.66 (95% CI, 1.13-2.43; P = .01*) (* indicates statistical significane with P < .05) and 1.55 (95% CI, 1.04-2.31; P = .033*), respectively. Prevalence of CVD was significantly higher in participants having PRISm findings and COPD GOLD stage >= 2, but not GOLD stage 1. CVD incidence was significantly higher, with hazard ratios of 2.07 (95% CI, 1.10-3.91; P = .024*) for the impaired spirometry group and 2.09 (95% CI, 1.10-3.98; P = .024*) for the COPD group compared to individuals with normal spirometry findings. The difference was significantly higher among individuals with COPD GOLD stage >= 2, but not GOLD stage 1. The discrimination for predicting CVD was low and limited when impaired spirometry findings were added to either risk score. INTERPRETATION: Individuals with impaired spirometry findings, especially those with moderate or worse COPD and PRISm findings, have increased comorbid CVD compared with their peers with normal spirometry findings, and having COPD increases the risk of CVD developing. CHEST 2023; 164(3):637-649
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