TY - JOUR
T1 - Body mass, fat-free body mass, and prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a random population sample
T2 - Findings from the Copenhagen City Heart Study
AU - Vestbo, Jørgen
AU - Prescott, Eva
AU - Almdal, Thomas
AU - Dahl, Morten
AU - Nordestgaard, Børge G.
AU - Andersen, Teis
AU - Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.
AU - Lange, Peter
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Rationale: Low bodymass index (BMI) is a marker of poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the general population, the harmful effect of low BMI is due to the deleterious effects of a low fat-free mass index (FFMI; fat-free mass/weight2). Objectives: We explored distribution of low FFMI and its association with prognosis in a population-based cohort of patients with COPD. Methods: We used data on 1,898 patients with COPD identified in a population-based epidemiologic study in Copenhagen. FFM was measured using bioelectrical impedance analysis. Patients were followed up for a mean of 7 yr and the association between BMI and FFMI and mortality was examined taking age, sex, smoking, and lung function into account. Main Results: The mean FFMI was 16.0 kg/m2 for women and 18.7 kg/m2 for men. Among subjects with normal BMI, 26.1% had an FFMI lower than the lowest 10th percentile of the general population. BMI and FFMI were significant predictors of mortality, independent of relevant covariates. Being in the lowest 10th percentile of the general population for FFMI was associated with a hazard ratio of 1.5 (95% confidence interval, 1.2-1.8) for overall mortality and 2.4 (1.4-4.0) for COPD-related mortality. FFMI was also a predictor of overall mortality when analyses were restricted to subjects with normal BMI. Conclusions: FFMI provides information in addition to BMI and assessment of FFM should be considered in the routine assessment of COPD.
AB - Rationale: Low bodymass index (BMI) is a marker of poor prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the general population, the harmful effect of low BMI is due to the deleterious effects of a low fat-free mass index (FFMI; fat-free mass/weight2). Objectives: We explored distribution of low FFMI and its association with prognosis in a population-based cohort of patients with COPD. Methods: We used data on 1,898 patients with COPD identified in a population-based epidemiologic study in Copenhagen. FFM was measured using bioelectrical impedance analysis. Patients were followed up for a mean of 7 yr and the association between BMI and FFMI and mortality was examined taking age, sex, smoking, and lung function into account. Main Results: The mean FFMI was 16.0 kg/m2 for women and 18.7 kg/m2 for men. Among subjects with normal BMI, 26.1% had an FFMI lower than the lowest 10th percentile of the general population. BMI and FFMI were significant predictors of mortality, independent of relevant covariates. Being in the lowest 10th percentile of the general population for FFMI was associated with a hazard ratio of 1.5 (95% confidence interval, 1.2-1.8) for overall mortality and 2.4 (1.4-4.0) for COPD-related mortality. FFMI was also a predictor of overall mortality when analyses were restricted to subjects with normal BMI. Conclusions: FFMI provides information in addition to BMI and assessment of FFM should be considered in the routine assessment of COPD.
KW - Body mass index
KW - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Lung function
KW - Prognosis
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U2 - 10.1164/rccm.200505-969OC
DO - 10.1164/rccm.200505-969OC
M3 - Article
C2 - 16368793
AN - SCOPUS:30344482545
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 173
SP - 79
EP - 83
JO - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
JF - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
IS - 1
ER -