Abstract
Rationale: Large airway dimensions on computed tomography (CT) have been associated with lung function, symptoms, and exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as with symptoms in smokers with preserved spirometry. Their prognostic significance in persons without lung disease remains undefined. Objectives: To examine associations between large airway dimensions on CT and respiratory outcomes in a population-based cohort of adults without prevalent lung disease. Methods: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis recruited participants ages 45-84 years without cardiovascular disease in 2000-2002; we excluded participants with prevalent chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD). Spirometry was measured in 2004-2006 and 2010-2012. CLRD hospitalizations and deaths were classified by validated criteria through 2014. The average wall thickness for a hypothetical airway of 10-mm lumen perimeter on CT (Pi10) was calculated using measures of airway wall thickness and lumen diameter. Models were adjusted for age, sex, principal components of ancestry, body mass index, smoking, pack-years, scanner, percent emphysema, genetic risk score, and initial forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) percent predicted. Results: Greater Pi10 was associated with 9% faster FEV1 decline (95% confidence interval [CI], 2 to 15%; P = 0.012) and increased incident COPD (odds ratio, 2.22; 95% CI, 1.43-3.45; P = 0.0004) per standard deviation among 1,830 participants. Over 78,147 person-years, higher Pi10 was associated with a 57% higher risk of first CLRD hospitalization or mortality (P = 0.0496) per standard deviation. Of Pi10's component measures, both greater airway wall thickness and narrower lumen predicted incident COPD and CLRD clinical events. Conclusions: In adults without CLRD, large airway dimensions on CT were prospectively associated with accelerated lung function decline and increased risks of COPD and CLRD hospitalization and mortality.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 718-727 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Annals of the American Thoracic Society |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study is funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants R01-HL077612 and R01-HL075476. Additional funding is provided by NIH grants R21-HL129924 (E.C.O.), K23-HL130627 (E.C.O.), R01-HL130506 (B.M.S.), and R01-HL093081 (R.G.B.). MESA also was supported by NIH contracts N01-HC-95159, N01-HC-95160, N01-HC-95161, N01-HC-95162, N01-HC-95163, N01-HC-95164, N01-HC-95165, N01-HC-95166, N01-HC-95167, N01-HC-95168, and N01-HC-95169 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and by grants UL1-TR-000040 and UL1-RR-025005 from the National Center for Research Resources. This publication was also developed under a STAR research assistance agreement (RD831697 [MESA Air]) awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It was not formally reviewed by the EPA. The views expressed in this document are solely those of the authors, and the EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this publication.
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Copyright © 2018 by the American Thoracic Society.
Keywords
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Computed tomography
- Lung function
- Risk stratification
