Pulmonary function in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia and its associations with iron overload

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In patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT), pulmonary function impairment has been reported but data are conflicting. Moreover, it remains unclear whether pulmonary dysfunction is associated with iron overload. This study aimed to evaluate the pulmonary function in patients with TDT and to investigate the associations between pulmonary dysfunction and iron overload. It was a retrospective observational study. 101 patients with TDT were recruited for lung function tests. The most recent ferritin levels (pmol/L) and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements of the myocardial and liver iron status, as measured by heart and liver T2* relaxation time (millisecond, ms) respectively, were retrieved from the computerized medical records. Only data within 12 months from the lung function measurement were included in the analysis. The serum ferritin, and the cardiac and liver T2* relaxation time were the surrogate indexes of body iron content. The threshold of abnormality in lung function was defined as under 80% of the predicted value. 101 subjects were recruited with a mean age of 25.1 years (standard deviation (SD) 7.9 years). Thirty-eight (38%) and five (5%) demonstrated restrictive and obstructive lung function deficits, respectively. A weak correlation of FVC %Predicted and TLC %Predicted with MRI myocardial T2* relaxation time (rho = 0.32, p = 0.03 and rho = 0.33, p = 0.03 respectively) was observed. By logistic regression, MRI cardiac T2* relaxation time was negatively associated with restrictive lung function deficit (B - 0.06; SE 0.03; Odds ratio 0.94; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.89-0.99; p = 0.023) after adjusting for age, sex and body mass index. Restrictive pulmonary function deficit was commonly observed in patients with TDT, and the severity potentially correlates with myocardial iron content. Monitoring of lung function in this group of patients, particularly for those with iron overload, is important.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 13(2023), 1 vom: 04. März, Seite 3674

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chan, Kate C [VerfasserIn]
Au, Chun T [VerfasserIn]
Leung, Alex W K [VerfasserIn]
Li, Albert M [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chi-Kong [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Matthew M T [VerfasserIn]
Li, Carol S T [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Hang L [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Siu C [VerfasserIn]
Li, Rever C H [VerfasserIn]
Ha, S Y [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-73-2
E1UOL152H7
Ferritins
Iron
Journal Article
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 07.03.2023

Date Revised 19.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-023-30784-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353769703