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Improved spirometric detection of small airway narrowing: concavity in the expiratory flow–volume curve in people aged over 40 years
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ORCID: 0000-0002-1575-6850, Das, A, Toelle, BG, Abramson, MJ, Marks, GB, Wood-Baker, R and Walters, EH ORCID: 0000-0002-0993-4374 2017
, 'Improved spirometric detection of small airway narrowing: concavity in the expiratory flow–volume curve in people aged over 40 years'
, COPD: journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, vol. 12
, 3567–3577
, doi: https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S150280.
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Abstract
Background and objective: We have explored whether assessing the degree of concavityin the descending limb of the maximum expiratory flow–volume curve enhanced spirometricdetection of early small airway disease.Methods: We used spirometry records from 890 individuals aged $40 years (mean 59 years),recruited for the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease Australia study. Central and peripheralconcavity indices were developed from forced expired flows at 50% and 75% of the forced vitalcapacity, respectively, using an ideal line joining peak flow to zero flow.Results: From the 268 subjects classified as normal never smokers, mean values for postbronchodilatorcentral concavity were 18.6% in males and 9.1% in females and those forperipheral concavity were 50.5% in males and 52.4% in females. There were moderately strongcorrelations between concavity and forced expired ratio (forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity) and mid-flow rate (forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of theFVC [FEF25%–75%]; r=-0.70 to -0.79). The additional number of individuals detected as abnormalusing the concavity indices was substantial, especially compared with FEF25%–75%M, where it wasapproximately doubled. Concavity was more specific for symptoms.Conclusion: The inclusion of these concavity measures in the routine reports of spirometrywould add information on small airway obstruction at no extra cost, time, or effort.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors/Creators: | Johns, DP and Das, A and Toelle, BG and Abramson, MJ and Marks, GB and Wood-Baker, R and Walters, EH |
| Keywords: | early airway disease, airflow obstruction, COPD |
| Journal or Publication Title: | COPD: journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Inc. |
| ISSN: | 1541-2555 |
| DOI / ID Number: | https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S150280 |
| Copyright Information: | Copyright 2017 Johns et al. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
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