Pectoralis muscle area as a predictor of mortality in patients hospitalized with bronchiectasis exacerbation

S. Karger AG, Basel..

INTRODUCTION: Data on factors related to mortality in patients with bronchiectasis exacerbation are insufficient. Computerized tomography (CT) can measure the pectoralis muscle area (PMA) and is a useful tool to diagnose sarcopenia. This study aimed to evaluate whether PMA can predict mortality in patients with bronchiectasis exacerbation.

METHODS: Patients hospitalized due to bronchiectasis exacerbation at a single center were retrospectively divided into survivors and non-survivors based on 1-year mortality. Thereafter, a comparison of the clinical and radiologic characteristics was conducted between the two groups.

RESULTS: A total of 66 (14%) patients died at 1 year. In the multivariate analysis, age, body mass index (BMI) < 18.4 kg/m2, sex-specific PMA quartile, ≥ 3 exacerbations in the previous year, serum albumin < 3.5 g/dL, cystic bronchiectasis, tuberculosis-destroyed lung, and diabetes mellitus were independent predictors for the 1-year mortality in patients hospitalized with bronchiectasis exacerbation. A lower PMA was associated with a lower overall survival rate in the survival analysis according to sex-specific quartiles of PMA. PMA had the highest area under the curve during assessment of prognostic performance in predicting the 1-year mortality. The lowest sex-specific PMA quartile group exhibited higher disease severity than the highest quartile group.

CONCLUSIONS: CT-derived PMA was an independent predictor of 1-year mortality in patients hospitalized with bronchiectasis exacerbation. Patients with lower PMA exhibited higher disease severity. These findings suggest that PMA might be a useful marker for providing additional information regarding prognosis of patients with bronchiectasis exacerbation.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - (2024) vom: 18. März

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Englisch

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Seo, Hyewon [VerfasserIn]
Cha, Seung-Ick [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jongmin [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Jae-Kwang [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Won Kee [VerfasserIn]
Park, Ji-Eun [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Sun Ha [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yong Hoon [VerfasserIn]
Yoo, Seung-Soo [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Shin-Yup [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jaehee [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Chang-Ho [VerfasserIn]
Park, Jae-Yong [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1159/000538091

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NLM369886461