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Association of Red Cell Index and Adverse Hospitalization Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
Fu-Zhen Yuan1, Wei Shui2, Yan-Li Xing2
1Department of General Practice Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Purpose:
Previous studies have shown that the red cell index (RCI) can be considered as a simple and useful method to evaluate respiratory function. However, at present its association with adverse hospitalization outcomes in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) is not fully understood. Our study aimed to examine the relationship between adverse hospitalization outcomes and RCI among AECOPD patients.
Patients And Methods:
We performed a retrospective analysis of consecutive patients from January 2015 to October 2021. In this study, RCI was the independent variable, measured at baseline, and adverse hospitalization outcome was the dependent variable. According to the RCI median (RCI=2.221), we divided 377 patients into two roughly equal groups (188 and 189, respectively). Next, the association between RCI and adverse hospitalization outcomes was explored using multivariable logistic regression models. To identify any non-linear relationship, a generalized additive model (GAM) was employed.
Results:
With a total of 377 patients with AECOPD, we divided them into two roughly equal groups to compare the clinical factors and RCI levels. The patients in the higher RCI group showed poorer outcome incidence (18 [9.57%] vs 31 [16.40%]; p = 0.049). After accounting for potential confounders, the results showed that RCI was positively associated with adverse hospitalization outcomes (odds ratio [OR] = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.01-1.32). In addition, a non-linear relationship was detected between RCI and adverse hospitalization outcomes, which had an inflection point of 3.2. There were odds ratios and confidence intervals of 0.8 (0.7-1.0) and 1.3 (1.2-1.4) on the left and right sides of the inflection point, respectively.
Conclusion:
The RCI and adverse hospitalization outcomes exhibited a non-linear relationship in the AECOPD patients. RCI is strongly positively correlated with adverse hospitalization outcomes when it was greater than 3.2.
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