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METABOLIC SYNDROME (METS) AS ONE OF THE MAJOR COMORBIDITIES OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)

Journal
Respiratio - Medical Journal
Date Issued
2023-05
Author(s)
Baloski, Marjan
Bushev, Jane
Mickovski, Ivana
Eftimovska Otovikj, Natasha
Milosheska, Radmila
DOI
10.26601/rsp.aprs.23.4
Abstract
Aim: We aimed to investigate the association between COPD and MetS, the relation to the severity of airflow limitation.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study including 220 patients with initially diagnosed COPD (IG), aged 40 to 75 years and 58 non-COPD subjects matched by age, smoking status, body mass index, as controls (CG). All study participants underwent anthropometric measurements, fasting blood sugar (FBS), lipid profile, pulmonary evaluation (dyspnea severity assessment, baseline and postbronchodilator spirometry, gas analyses, chest X-ray).

Results: Results presented statistically significant difference in presence of MetS in COPD patients compared to controls (32.27% vs 10.34%; P=0.0009). According to the GOLD classification, the frequencies of MetS in COPD patients were categorized in stages I, II, III, IV (17.54%, 37.10%, 34.62%, 40.82%, respectively). The proportion of patients with increased glycemic values was: a) GOLD1 - 18 (31.58%); b) GOLD 2 - 32 (51.61%); c) GOLD3 - 29 (55.77%); and d) GOLD4 - 31 (63.27%). There was no significant difference between IG and CG patients regarding HDL level. According to arterial hypertension the highest proportion was observed in GOLD3 - 22 (42.31%) followed by GOLD4 - 20 (40.82%), and GOLD3 - 22 (35.48 %), smallest in GOLD1 - 17 (29.82%).

Conclusion: We found higher prevalence of MetS in patients with COPD even in early COPD stages compared to non-COPD. Our findings suggest an urgent need to develop comprehensive strategies for prevention, screening and start of treatment in early stage.
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COPD

metabolic syndrome

dyslipidemia

obesity

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