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CHEST
卷 134, 期 4, 页码 761-767出版社
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DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-3081
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alcohol drinking and adverse effect; COPD; epidemiology
Alcohol has been associated with COPD-related mortality but has not yet been demonstrated to be an independent rist factor for COPD exacerbation. Our objective was to evaluate the association between alcohol consumption and the subsequent rist of COPD exacerbation. Methods: A prospective cohort study of general medicine outpatients seen at one of seven Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers who returned health screening questionnnaires. Three screening questionnaires, AUDIT-C (0 to 12 points), CAGE (0 to 4 points), and a single item about the frequency of drinking six or more drinks on an occasion (binge drinking), were used to classify alcohol consumption. The main outcome. COPD exacerbation, was based on primary VA discharge diagnosis (International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision) or outpatient diagnosis of COPD accompanied by prescriptions for either antibiotics or prednisone within 2 days. Results: Among the 30,503 patients followed up for a median of 3.35 years, those patients with AUDIT-C scores >= 6, CAGE scores >= 2, or who reported binge drinking at least weekly were at an increased risk of COPD exacerbation in age-adjusted analysis. Adjusted hazard ratios were 1.4 (95% confidence interval [C1], 1.1 to 1.7) for AUDIT-C score >= 6, 1.4 (95% Cl, 1.3 to 1.5) for CAGE score >= 2, and 1.6 (95% Cl, 1.2 to 2.2) for those who reported binge drinking daily for almost daily. However, with adjustment for measures of tobacco use, the association between alcohol consumption and increased risk of COPD exacerbation was no longer evident. Conclusions: Alcohol consumption, whether quantified by AUDIT-C, CAGE score, or binge drinking, was not associated with an increased risk of COPD exacerbation independent of tobacco use. (CHEST 2008; 134:761-767)
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