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Title: | It's more than low BMI: prevalence of cachexia and associated mortality in COPD |
Author: | McDonald, Merry-Lynn Noelle Wouters, Emiel Rutten, Erika P. Casaburi, Richard Rennard, Stephen I. Lomas, David A. Bamman, Marcas Celli, Bartolome R. Agustí García-Navarro, Àlvar Tal-Singer, Ruth Hersh, Craig P. Dransfield, Mark Silverman, Edwin K. |
Keywords: | Caquèxia Aprimament Malalties pulmonars obstructives cròniques Cachexia Weight loss Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases |
Issue Date: | 22-May-2019 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | Background: Cachexia is associated with increased mortality risk among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. However, low body mass index (BMI) as opposed to cachexia is often used, particularly when calculating the BODE (BMI, Obstruction, Dyspnea and Exercise) index. For this reason, we examined mortality using a consensus definition and a weight-loss definition of cachexia among COPD cases and compared two new COPD severity indices with BODE. Methods: In the current report, the consensus definition for cachexia incorporated weight-loss > 5% in 12-months or low BMI in addition to 3/5 of decreased muscle strength, fatigue, anorexia, low FFMI and inflammation. The weight-loss definition incorporated weight-loss > 5% or weight-loss > 2% (if low BMI) in 12-months. The low BMI component in BODE was replaced with the consensus definition to create the CODE (Consensus cachexia, Obstruction, Dyspnea and Exercise) index and the weight-loss definition to create the WODE (Weight loss, Obstruction, Dyspnea and Exercise) index. Mortality was assessed using Kaplan-Meier survival and Cox Regression. Performance of models was compared using C-statistics. Results: Among 1483 COPD cases, the prevalences of cachexia by the consensus and weight-loss definitions were 4.7 and 10.4%, respectively. Cachectic patients had a greater than three-fold increased mortality by either the consensus or the weight-loss definition of cachexia independent of BMI and lung function. The CODE index predicted mortality slightly more accurately than the BODE and WODE indices. Conclusions: Cachexia is associated with increased mortality among COPD patients. Monitoring cachexia using weight-loss criteria is relatively simple and predictive of mortality among COPD cases who may be missed if only low BMI is used. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1073-3 |
It is part of: | Respiratory Research, 2019, vol. 20, num. 100 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/182437 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1073-3 |
ISSN: | 1465-993X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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