• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제80권3호
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• pp.277-283
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• 2017

Background: Smoking cessation is the most powerful intervention to modify progress of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and nicotine dependence is one of the most important determinants of success or failure in smoking cessation. We evaluated nicotine dependence status and investigated factors associated with moderate to high nicotine dependence in patients with COPD. Methods: We included 53 current smokers with COPD in the Korean Obstructive Lung Disease II cohort enrolled between January 2014 and March 2016. Nicotine dependence was measured by using Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND). Cognitive function was assessed by Korean version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Results: The median FTND score was 3, and 32 patients (60%) had moderate to high nicotine dependence. The median smoking amount was 44 pack-years, which was not related to nicotine dependence. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that high education status (odds ratio, 1.286; 95% confidence interval, 1.036-1.596; p=0.023), age <70 (odds ratio, 6.407; 95% confidence interval, 1.376-29.830; p=0.018), and mild to moderate airflow obstruction (odds ratio, 6.969; 95% confidence interval, 1.388-34.998; p=0.018) were related to moderate to high nicotine dependence. Conclusion: Nicotine dependence does not correlate with smoking amount, but with education level, age, and severity of airflow obstruction. Physicians should provide different strategies of smoking cessation intervention for current smokers with COPD according to their education levels, age, and severity of airflow obstruction.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2012

Background: Although airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is due to pathologic processes in both the airways and the lung parenchyma, the contribution of these processes, as well as other factors, have not yet been evaluated quantitatively. We therefore quantitatively evaluated the factors contributing to airflow limitation in patients with COPD. Methods: The 213 COPD patients were aged >45 years, had smoked >10 pack-years of cigarettes, and had a post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in one second ($FEV_1$)/forced vital capacity (FVC) <0.7. All patients were evaluated by medical interviews, physical examination, spirometry, bronchodilator reversibility tests, lung volume, and 6-minute walk tests. In addition, volumetric computed tomography (CT) was performed to evaluate airway wall thickness, emphysema severity, and mean lung density ratio at full expiration and inspiration. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify the variables independently associated with $FEV_1$ - the index of the severity of airflow limitation. Results: Multiple linear regression analysis showed that CT measurements of mean lung density ratio (standardized coefficient ${\beta}$=-0.46; p<0.001), emphysema severity (volume fraction of the lung less than -950 HU at full inspiration; ${\beta}$=-0.24; p<0.001), and airway wall thickness (mean wall area %; ${\beta}$=-0.19, p=0.001), as well as current smoking status (${\beta}$=-0.14; p=0.009) were independent contributors to $FEV_1$. Conclusion: Mean lung density ratio, emphysema severity, and airway wall thickness evaluated by volumetric CT and smoking status could independently contribute to the severity of airflow limitation in patients with COPD.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2005

배 경 : 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환은 기관지 천식과 달리, 흡연과 연관이 있으며, 서서히 진행하는 고정된 기류제한을 특징으로 한다. 그러나 여러 연구에서 기류폐쇄의 가역성은 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환 환자에서도 흔히 관찰되며, 지속적으로 흡입성 기관지확장제로 치료하였을 때에도 이러한 가역성이 보여, 증상의 경감과도 관련이 있는 것으로 생각된다. 지금까지 기관지 확장제의 반응정도와 질환의 중증도를 확인하는 연구는 없었으며, 이번 연구는 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환 환자에서 기류폐쇄의 정도와 기관지 확장제의 반응정도의 상관성을 GOLD 분류법을 통해 분석하였다. 방 법 : 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환 환자들로 1초간 노력성 호기량의 노력성 폐활량에 대한 비($FEV_1/FVC$)가 0.7 이하인 경우를 대상으로 하여 GOLD 분류법과 기관지확장제 반응 여부에 따라 분류하였다. 기관지확장제 사용후 1초간 노력성 호기량, 노력성 폐활량의 변화정도에 따라 단독 용적 반응군, 단독 기류 반응군, 기류-용적반응군, 비반응군으로 나누어 분석하였다. 결 과 : 대상환자는모두124명으로, 평균연령은 $65.89{\pm}8.43$세 였다. 기관지확장제에 반응을 보였던 반응군이 기관지확장제에 반응을 보이지 않았던 비반응군에 비해 폐기능 검사 수치들이 통계적으로 유의한 수준으로 낮았으며, 반응군이 비반응군에 비해 GOLD 단계의 중증도가 더 높은 소견을 보였다.