RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Bronchodilator reversibility in asthma and COPD: findings from three large population studies
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP 1900561
DO 10.1183/13993003.00561-2019
VO 54
IS 3
A1 Janson, Christer
A1 Malinovschi, Andrei
A1 Amaral, Andre F.S.
A1 Accordini, Simone
A1 Bousquet, Jean
A1 Buist, A. Sonia
A1 Canonica, Giorgio Walter
A1 Dahlén, Barbro
A1 Garcia-Aymerich, Judith
A1 Gnatiuc, Louisa
A1 Kowalski, Marek L
A1 Patel, Jaymini
A1 Tan, Wan
A1 Torén, Kjell
A1 Zuberbier, Torsten
A1 Burney, Peter
A1 Jarvis, Deborah
YR 2019
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/54/3/1900561.abstract
AB Bronchodilator response (BDR) testing is used as a diagnostic method in obstructive airway diseases. The aim of this investigation was to compare different methods for measuring BDR in participants with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to study to the extent to which BDR was related to symptom burden and phenotypic characteristics.Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) were measured before and 15 min after 200 μg of salbutamol in 35 628 subjects aged ≥16 years from three large international population studies. The subjects were categorised in three groups: current asthma (n=2833), COPD (n=1146) and no airway disease (n=31 649). Three definitions for flow-related reversibility (increase in FEV1) and three for volume-related reversibility (increase in FVC) were used.The prevalence of bronchodilator reversibility expressed as increase FEV1 ≥12% and 200 mL was 17.3% and 18.4% in participants with asthma and COPD, respectively, while the corresponding prevalence was 5.1% in those with no airway disease. In asthma, bronchodilator reversibility was associated with wheeze (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.04–1.79), atopy (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.04–1.79) and higher exhaled nitric oxide fraction, while in COPD neither flow- nor volume-related bronchodilator reversibility was associated with symptom burden, exacerbations or health status after adjusting for pre-bronchodilator FEV1.Bronchodilator reversibility was at least as common in participants with COPD as those with asthma. This indicates that measures of reversibility are of limited value for distinguishing asthma from COPD in population studies. However, in asthma, bronchodilator reversibility may be a phenotypic marker.Bronchodilator reversibility is at least as common in COPD as in asthma, indicating that measures of reversibility are of limited value for distinguishing asthma from COPD; however, bronchodilator reversibility in asthma may be a phenotypic marker. http://bit.ly/2W1oA4B