Clinical implications of airway obstruction with normal or low FEV1 in childhood and adolescence

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BACKGROUND: Airway obstruction is defined by spirometry as a low forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) to forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio. This impaired ratio may originate from a low FEV1 (classic) or a normal FEV1 in combination with a large FVC (dysanaptic). The clinical implications of dysanaptic obstruction during childhood and adolescence in the general population remain unclear.

AIMS: To investigate the association between airway obstruction with a low or normal FEV1 in childhood and adolescence, and asthma, wheezing and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR).

METHODS: In the BAMSE (Barn/Child, Allergy, Milieu, Stockholm, Epidemiology; Sweden) and PIAMA (Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy; the Netherlands) birth cohorts, obstruction (FEV1:FVC ratio less than the lower limit of normal, LLN) at ages 8, 12 (PIAMA only) or 16 years was classified as classic (FEV1 <LLN) or dysanaptic (FEV1 ≥LLN) obstruction. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between these two types of obstruction and respiratory health outcomes were estimated by cohort-adjusted logistic regression on pooled data.

RESULTS: The prevalence of classic obstruction at ages 8, 12 and 16 in the two cohorts was 1.5%, 1.1% and 1.5%, respectively. Dysanaptic obstruction was slightly more prevalent: 3.9%, 2.5% and 4.6%, respectively. Obstruction, regardless of FEV1, was consistently associated with higher odds of asthma (dysanaptic obstruction: OR 2.29, 95% CI 1.40 to 3.74), wheezing, asthma medication use and BHR compared with the normal lung function group. Approximately one-third of the subjects with dysanaptic obstruction in childhood remained dysanaptic during adolescence.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Children and adolescents with airway obstruction had, regardless of their FEV1 level, a higher prevalence of asthma and wheezing. Follow-up and treatment at these ages should be guided by the presence of airway obstruction.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Thorax - (2024) vom: 21. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Koefoed, Hans Jacob Lohne [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Gehring, Ulrike [VerfasserIn]
Ekstrom, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Kull, Inger [VerfasserIn]
Vermeulen, Roel [VerfasserIn]
Boer, Jolanda M A [VerfasserIn]
Bergstrom, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Koppelman, Gerard H [VerfasserIn]
Melén, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Vonk, Judith M [VerfasserIn]
Hallberg, Jenny [VerfasserIn]

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Asthma
Asthma Epidemiology
Asthma Guidelines
Clinical Epidemiology
Journal Article
Lung Physiology
Paediatric asthma

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Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1136/thorax-2023-220952

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NLM370037618