TY - JOUR T1 - Body mass index, central obesity, and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 38 IS - Suppl 55 SP - p4544 AU - Zoran Stojanovski AU - Jordan Minov AU - Janackov Bojan AU - Ivanov Sasa Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p4544.abstract N2 - Aim: To assess impact of body mass index (BMI) and central obesity (CO) to COPD severity.Material and methods: We performed a cross-sectional study including 248 subjects with COPD aged 48-58 yrs with smoking experience 18-25 yrs and more than 15 cigarettes smoked per day. The first group consisted of 123 obese subjects, i.e. BMI > 30, while the second group included 125 subjects with CO, i.e. waist circumference > 102 cm for men and 88 cm for women.Results: In the first group we found 17 subjects with mild COPD (13.8%), 79 subjects with moderate COPD (64.2%), 25 subjects with severe COPD (20.3%), and 2 subjects with very severe COPD (1.6%). The distribution of the subjects with COPD in the second group was as follows: mild COPD 54 subjects (43.2%), moderate COPD 52 subjects (41.6%), severe COPD 14 subjects (11.2%), and very severe COPD 5 subjects (4.0%). The difference in the distribution of the subjects by COPD severity between two groups was statistically significant (P < 0.05).Conclusion: Our results suggest that body weight and central obesity may play a role in COPD severity. ER -