TY - JOUR T1 - The Evaluation of nutritional status of stable COPD patients and to investigate the effect of nutritional status on perception of dyspnea, exercise capacity, body composition, hospitalisation and life quality JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 44 IS - Suppl 58 SP - P3579 AU - Gamze Ayar Karakoc AU - Dilek Ernam AU - Selahattin Oztas AU - Ulku Aka Aktork AU - Erhan Ogur Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P3579.abstract N2 - Aim: Malnutrition is a comorbidity oftenly seen in COPD patients who have progressive chronic inflammation and severity.We aimed to determine the nutritional status of stable COPD patients and to investigate the impact of nutritional status on perception of dyspnea,exercise capacity,body composition,hospitalisation and life quality.Method: Fifty COPD patients and 30 control subjects were included into the study. Nutritional status was classified by the MNA questionnaire,perception of dyspnea was assessed by the MMRC scale,exercise capacity was assessed by the 6MWT,life quality was assessed by the CAT scale. Body composition parameters FM,FFM were analyzed and hospitalisations during 6 months after discharge were recorded. Results: The COPD patients were divided into three groups as without malnutrition(%50),under risk of malnutrition(%38) and malnourished (%12).The COPD severity,MMRC dyspnea score,CAT score and hospitalisations during 6 months following were higher among the malnourished patients. On the other hand, body mass index,6MWT results,FM and FFM were lower in malnourished patients.A positive correlation between FFM and 6MWT and a negative correlation between FFM and hospitalisation were observed. Conclusion: MNA is a well-devloped questionnaire which evaluates malnutrition in COPD patients.We determined that malnourished COPD patients have higher airway obstruction degree, perception of dyspnoea,CAT score and lower exercise capacity and FFM.FFM is an independent predictor of exercise capacity and rehospitalisation during 6 months. ER -