Correspondence on the paper by Krauss-Etschmann S, Bush A, Bellusci S, et al
| Autor: | Dirkje S. Postma, Josep M. Antó, Joachim Heinrich, Jordi Sunyer, Thomas Keil, Jean Bousquet |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Lung Diseases NESTED CASE-CONTROL business.industry IMPACT MORTALITY POPULATION-BASED COHORT COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA Public relations Early life Pooling data Population based cohort BENZODIAZEPINES RISK-FACTORS Medicine Animals Humans Healthy ageing business Birth cohort SURVIVAL ANALYSIS |
| Zdroj: | Thorax, 68(10), 964-964. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP |
| ISSN: | 1468-3296 0040-6376 |
| Popis: | RationaleRationale Information about daily physical activity levels (PAL) in subjects with undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is scarce. This study aims to assess PA and to investigate the associations between PA and clinical characteristics in subjects with newly diagnosed COPD. MethodsMethods Fifty-nine subjects with a new spirometry-based diagnosis of mild (n=38) and moderate (n=21) COPD (63 +/- 6 years, 68% male) were matched with 65 smoking controls (62 +/- 7 years, 75% male). PA (daily steps, time spent in moderate-to-vigorous intense physical activities (MVPA) and PAL) was measured by accelerometry. Dyspnoea, complete pulmonary function tests, peripheral muscle strength and exercise capacity served as clinical characteristics. ResultsResults PA was significantly lower in COPD versus smoking controls (7986 +/- 2648 vs 9765 +/- 3078 steps, 64 (27-120) vs 110 (55-164) min of MVPA, 1.49 +/- 0.21 vs 1.62 +/- 0.24 PAL respectively, all p Conclusions The reduction in PA starts early in the disease, even when subjects are not yet diagnosed with COPD. Inactivity is more pronounced in subjects with mild symptoms of dyspnoea, lower levels of diffusion capacity and exercise capacity. |
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