Malnutrition and Obesity in Patients with COPD Exacerbation, Insights from the National Inpatient Sample
Mohamad El Labban1, Roba El-Zibaoui2, Syed Muhammad Usama3
1Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA.
Background:
The obesity paradox suggests that obese patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation (COPDE) may have better outcomes. COPD patients are at a higher risk of becoming malnourished, which has been linked to poor outcomes.
Objective:
This paper aims to study the impact of malnutrition in patients with and without obesity hospitalized with COPDE.
Methods:
Our retrospective study analyzed data from the National Inpatient Sample dataset between 2017 and 2020 to observe patients who were hospitalized with COPDE. The patients were divided into two groups: with and without malnutrition. The outcomes included all-cause mortality, invasive mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and total charge. We adjusted for confounders using multivariate regression model analysis.
Results:
The study involved 392,920 patients with COPDE, out of which 5720 (1.45%) were diagnosed with malnutrition. Most of the patients in both groups were female, white, and under Medicare coverage. The mean age was higher in patients with malnutrition (67.6 vs. 64 years). In both groups, the rates of admissions were lowest in 2020 compared to three years prior. The rates and adjusted odds ratios of all-cause mortality were higher in patients with malnutrition (3.59% vs. 0.61%, P <0.01; adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 2.36, P<0.01, CI 1.8-3.7). We observed comparable findings when using invasive mechanical ventilation (13.2% vs. 2.82%, P<0.01, aOR 4.9, P<0.01, 3.9-6). Malnourished patients had a lengthier hospital stay and a greater total charge.
Conclusion:
Malnutrition was identified as an independent risk factor associated with worse outcomes in obese patients admitted with COPD exacerbation.
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