Forced Expiratory Flow at 25%-75% Links COPD Physiology to Emphysema and Disease Severity in the SPIROMICS Cohort

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BACKGROUND: Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is central to the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but is imprecise in classifying disease burden. We examined the potential of the maximal mid-expiratory flow rate (forced expiratory flow rate between 25% and 75% [FEF25%-75%]) as an additional tool for characterizing pathophysiology in COPD.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether FEF25%-75% helps predict clinical and radiographic abnormalities in COPD.

STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The SubPopulations and InteRediate Outcome Measures In COPD Study (SPIROMICS) enrolled a prospective cohort of 2978 nonsmokers and ever-smokers, with and without COPD, to identify phenotypes and intermediate markers of disease progression. We used baseline data from 2771 ever-smokers from the SPIROMICS cohort to identify associations between percent predicted FEF25%-75% (%predFEF25%-75%) and both clinical markers and computed tomography (CT) findings of smoking-related lung disease.

RESULTS: Lower %predFEF25-75% was associated with more severe disease, manifested radiographically by increased functional small airways disease, emphysema (most notably with homogeneous distribution), CT-measured residual volume, total lung capacity (TLC), and airway wall thickness, and clinically by increased symptoms, decreased 6-minute walk distance, and increased bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR). A lower %predFEF25-75% remained significantly associated with increased emphysema, functional small airways disease, TLC, and BDR after adjustment for FEV1 or forced vital capacity (FVC).

INTERPRETATION: The %predFEF25-75% provides additional information about disease manifestation beyond FEV1. These associations may reflect loss of elastic recoil and air trapping from emphysema and intrinsic small airways disease. Thus, %predFEF25-75% helps link the anatomic pathology and deranged physiology of COPD.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) - 9(2022), 2 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 111-121

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ronish, Bonnie E [VerfasserIn]
Couper, David J [VerfasserIn]
Barjaktarevic, Igor Z [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Christopher B [VerfasserIn]
Kanner, Richard E [VerfasserIn]
Pirozzi, Cheryl S [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Wells, James M [VerfasserIn]
Han, MeiLan K [VerfasserIn]
Woodruff, Prescott G [VerfasserIn]
Ortega, Victor E [VerfasserIn]
Peters, Stephen P [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Eric A [VerfasserIn]
Buhr, Russell G [VerfasserIn]
Dolezal, Brett A [VerfasserIn]
Tashkin, Donald P [VerfasserIn]
Liou, Theodore G [VerfasserIn]
Bateman, Lori A [VerfasserIn]
Schroeder, Joyce D [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Fernando J [VerfasserIn]
Barr, R Graham [VerfasserIn]
Hansel, Nadia N [VerfasserIn]
Comellas, Alejandro P [VerfasserIn]
Rennard, Stephen I [VerfasserIn]
Arjomandi, Mehrdad [VerfasserIn]
Paine Iii, Robert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Emphysema
FEF25-75%
Functional small airways disease
Journal Article
Mid-flow rate
Pulmonary physiology
Spirometry

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Date Revised 15.06.2023

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.15326/jcopdf.2021.0241

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336474148