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- Title
Characteristics, treatments, in-hospital and long-term outcomes among inpatients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: sex differences in a large cohort study.
- Authors
Zhang, Jiarui; Yi, Qun; Zhou, Chen; Luo, Yuanming; Wei, Hailong; Ge, Huiqing; Liu, Huiguo; Zhang, Jianchu; Li, Xianhua; Xie, Xiufang; Pan, Pinhua; Yi, Mengqiu; Cheng, Lina; Zhou, Hui; Liu, Liang; Aili, Adila; Liu, Yu; Peng, Lige; Pu, Jiaqi; Zhou, Haixia
- Abstract
Background: Data related to the characteristics, treatments and clinical outcomes of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) patients in China are limited, and sex differences are still a neglected topic. Methods: The patients hospitalized for AECOPD were prospectively enrolled from ten medical centers in China between September 2017 and July 2021. Patients from some centers received follow-up for 3 years. Data regarding the characteristics, treatments and in-hospital and long-term clinical outcomes from male and female AECOPD patients included in the cohort were analyzed and compared. Results: In total, 14,007 patients with AECOPD were included in the study, and 11,020 (78.7%) were males. Compared with males, female patients were older (74.02 ± 10.79 vs. 71.86 ± 10.23 years, P < 0.001), and had more comorbidities (2.22 ± 1.64 vs. 1.73 ± 1.56, P < 0.001), a higher frequency of altered mental status (5.0% vs. 2.9%, P < 0.001), lower diastolic blood pressure (78.04 ± 12.96 vs. 79.04 ± 12.47 mmHg, P < 0.001). In addition, there were also significant sex differences in a range of laboratory and radiographic findings. Females were more likely to receive antibiotics, high levels of respiratory support and ICU admission than males. The in-hospital and 3-year mortality were not significantly different between males and females (1.4% vs. 1.5%, P = 0.711; 35.3% vs. 31.4%, P = 0.058), while female smokers with AECOPD had higher in-hospital mortality than male smokers (3.3% vs. 1.2%, P = 0.002) and male smokers exhibited a trend toward higher 3-year mortality compared to female smokers (40.7% vs. 33.1%, P = 0.146). Conclusions: In AECOPD inpatients, females and males had similar in-hospital and long-term survival despite some sex differences in clinical characteristics and treatments, but female smokers had significantly worse in-hospital outcomes than male smokers. Clinical Trial Registration: Retrospectively registered, registration number is ChiCTR2100044625, date of registration 21/03/2021. URL: http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=121626.
- Subjects
CHINA; SEX factors in disease; CHRONIC obstructive pulmonary disease; DISEASE exacerbation; DIASTOLIC blood pressure; COHORT analysis
- Publication
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2466
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12890-024-02948-4