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Inflammatory patterns in fixed airflow obstruction are dependent on the presence of asthma
| dc.contributor.author | Mogensen, I | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jacinto, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alving, K | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fonseca, JA | |
| dc.contributor.author | Janson, C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malinovschi, A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-06T22:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-06T22:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Rationale: Fixed airflow obstruction (FAO) can complicate asthma. Inflammation is a proposed underlying mechanism. Objective: Our aim in this cross-sectional investigation was to evaluate the blood leucocyte pattern and level of exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatics and non-asthmatics with or without FAO. Methods: A total of 11,579 individuals aged ≥20 years from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were included. They were grouped as: controls without asthma and FAO (n = 9,935), asthmatics without FAO (n = 674), asthmatics with FAO (n = 180) and non-asthmatics with FAO (n = 790). FAO was defined as post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC < lower limit of normal. Exhaled nitric oxide ≥ 25ppb, blood eosinophil levels ≥300 cells/μL, and blood neutrophil levels ≥5100 cells/μL were defined as elevated. Stratified analyses for smoking and smoking history were performed. Results: Elevated blood eosinophil levels were more common in all groups compared to the controls, with the highest prevalence in the group with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction (p<0.01). In a multiple logistic regression model adjusted for potential confounders including smoking, the asthma groups had significantly higher odds ratios for elevated B-Eos levels compared to the control group (odds ratio 1.4, (confidence interval: 1.1-1.7) for the asthma group without fixed airflow obstruction and 2.5 (1.4-4.2) for the asthma group with fixed airflow obstruction). The group with fixed airflow obstruction without asthma had higher odds ratio for elevated blood neutrophil levels compared to the controls: 1.4 (1.1-1.8). Smoking and a history of smoking were associated to elevated B-Neu levels. Conclusion: Fixed airflow obstruction in asthma was associated with elevated blood eosinophil levels, whereas fixed airflow obstruction without asthma was associated with elevated blood neutrophil levels.. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | PLoS One . 2020 Dec 3;15(12):e0243109. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0243109 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/34277 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Asma | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Asthma | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Inflammatory patterns in fixed airflow obstruction are dependent on the presence of asthma | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 12 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | e0243109 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | PloS one | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 15 | pt_PT |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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