Yuka Okajima1, Carolyn E Come2, Pietro Nardelli3, Sushil K Sonavane4, Andrew Yen5, Hrudaya P Nath6, Nina Terry6, Scott A Grumley6, Asmaa Ahmed6, Seth Kligerman5, Kathleen Jacobs5, David A Lynch7, Barry J Make8, Edwin K Silverman9, George R Washko2, Raúl San José Estépar3, Alejandro A Diaz2. 1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Radiology, St. Luke's International Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: yokajima@mail.harvard.edu. 2. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 3. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 4. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL. 5. Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA. 6. Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. 7. Department of Radiology, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO. 8. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO. 9. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Mucous exudates occluding the lumen of small airways are associated with reduced lung function and mortality in subjects with COPD; however, luminal plugs in large airways have not been widely studied. We aimed to examine the associations of chest CT scan-identified luminal plugging with lung function, health-related quality of life, and COPD phenotypes. METHODS: We randomly selected 100 smokers without COPD and 400 smokers with COPD from the COPDGene Study. Luminal plugging was visually identified on inspiratory CT scans at baseline and 5-year follow-up. The relationships of luminal plugging to FEV1, St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score, emphysema on CT scan (defined as the percentage of low attenuation area < 950 Hounsfield units [%LAA-950]), and chronic bronchitis were assessed using linear and logistic multivariable analyses. RESULTS: Overall, 111 subjects (22%) had luminal plugging. The prevalence of luminal plugging was higher in subjects with COPD than those without COPD (25% vs 10%, respectively; P = .001). In subjects with COPD, luminal plugging was significantly associated with FEV1 % predicted (estimate, -6.1; SE, 2.1; P = .004) and SGRQ score (estimate, 4.9; SE, 2.4; P = .04) in adjusted models. Although luminal plugging was associated with log %LAA-950 (estimate, 0.43; SE, 0.16; P = .007), its relationship with chronic bronchitis did not reach statistical significance (P = .07). Seventy-three percent of subjects with COPD with luminal plugging at baseline had it 5 years later. CONCLUSIONS: In subjects with COPD, CT-identified luminal plugging is associated with airflow obstruction, worse health-related quality of life, and emphysema phenotype. This imaging feature may supplement the current clinical assessment of chronic mucus hypersecretion in COPD.
BACKGROUND: Mucous exudates occluding the lumen of small airways are associated with reduced lung function and mortality in subjects with COPD; however, luminal plugs in large airways have not been widely studied. We aimed to examine the associations of chest CT scan-identified luminal plugging with lung function, health-related quality of life, and COPD phenotypes. METHODS: We randomly selected 100 smokers without COPD and 400 smokers with COPD from the COPDGene Study. Luminal plugging was visually identified on inspiratory CT scans at baseline and 5-year follow-up. The relationships of luminal plugging to FEV1, St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score, emphysema on CT scan (defined as the percentage of low attenuation area < 950 Hounsfield units [%LAA-950]), and chronic bronchitis were assessed using linear and logistic multivariable analyses. RESULTS: Overall, 111 subjects (22%) had luminal plugging. The prevalence of luminal plugging was higher in subjects with COPD than those without COPD (25% vs 10%, respectively; P = .001). In subjects with COPD, luminal plugging was significantly associated with FEV1 % predicted (estimate, -6.1; SE, 2.1; P = .004) and SGRQ score (estimate, 4.9; SE, 2.4; P = .04) in adjusted models. Although luminal plugging was associated with log %LAA-950 (estimate, 0.43; SE, 0.16; P = .007), its relationship with chronic bronchitis did not reach statistical significance (P = .07). Seventy-three percent of subjects with COPD with luminal plugging at baseline had it 5 years later. CONCLUSIONS: In subjects with COPD, CT-identified luminal plugging is associated with airflow obstruction, worse health-related quality of life, and emphysema phenotype. This imaging feature may supplement the current clinical assessment of chronic mucus hypersecretion in COPD.
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