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Area of Science:

  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Respiratory Physiology

Background:

  • Lack of consensus exists on the optimal method for expressing bronchodilator reversibility (BDR).
  • Previous methods for defining BDR exhibited sex and lung size biases.
  • Hypothesized that clinically significant BDR should correlate with improved survival in respiratory patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate different criteria for expressing BDR.
  • To identify a BDR metric that minimizes sex and lung size bias.
  • To determine if BDR is associated with survival outcomes in respiratory patients.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from 4,231 patients with known survival status.
  • Expressed BDR for FEV1 using absolute change, % baseline change, and % predicted FEV1.
  • Employed multivariate Cox regression to analyze survival data.

Main Results:

  • BDR defined by absolute change or % baseline change showed significant sex and/or size biases.
  • BDR expressed as % predicted FEV1 demonstrated no discernible sex or size bias.
  • An FEV1 BDR > 8% predicted was associated with a significant survival advantage (HR 0.56; 95% CI 0.45-0.69).

Conclusions:

  • Expressing FEV1 BDR as % predicted is a reliable method, free from sex and size bias.
  • An FEV1 BDR threshold of >8% predicted represents clinically important reversibility.
  • This criterion offers an optimal survival advantage and may be the most appropriate for defining BDR.