TY - JOUR
T1 - Methacholine reactivity predicts changes in lung function over time in smokers with early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
AU - Tashkin, Donald P.
AU - Altose, Murray D.
AU - Connett, John E.
AU - Kanner, Richard E.
AU - Lee, Wondra W.
AU - Wise, Robert A.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - As part of a clinical trial of early intervention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (the Lung Health Study), 5,733 smokers with mild to moderate airflow obstruction underwent methacholine challenge tests at baseline. All participants were randomized to receive either usual care (no intervention) or special intervention, consisting of intensive smoking cessation counseling and the prescription of a metered-dose inhaler containing either ipratropium bromide or placebo (two inhalations three times daily). For this report, we analyzed the relationship between baseline methacholine reactivity and subsequent change in lung function. Methacholine reactivity was expressed as a logarithmic function of the two-point slope of percent decline in FEV1 over the concentration of methacholine (LMCR). Using a random effects linear model, LMCR was found to be a strong predictor of change in FEV1% predicted, after controlling for baseline lung function, age, sex, baseline smoking history, and changes in smoking status. Significant interactions were found between reactivity and smoking behavior. In the first year, participants who quit smoking showed improvement in FEV1, whereas continuing smokers showed worsening, and between Years 1 and 5, lung function declined to a greater extent in continuing smokers than in sustained quitters. For both time periods, these quitter/smoker differences increased as a function of airway reactivity. These findings indicate that methacholine reactivity is an important predictor of progression of airway obstruction in continuing smokers with early COPD, independent of the baseline level of obstruction.
AB - As part of a clinical trial of early intervention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (the Lung Health Study), 5,733 smokers with mild to moderate airflow obstruction underwent methacholine challenge tests at baseline. All participants were randomized to receive either usual care (no intervention) or special intervention, consisting of intensive smoking cessation counseling and the prescription of a metered-dose inhaler containing either ipratropium bromide or placebo (two inhalations three times daily). For this report, we analyzed the relationship between baseline methacholine reactivity and subsequent change in lung function. Methacholine reactivity was expressed as a logarithmic function of the two-point slope of percent decline in FEV1 over the concentration of methacholine (LMCR). Using a random effects linear model, LMCR was found to be a strong predictor of change in FEV1% predicted, after controlling for baseline lung function, age, sex, baseline smoking history, and changes in smoking status. Significant interactions were found between reactivity and smoking behavior. In the first year, participants who quit smoking showed improvement in FEV1, whereas continuing smokers showed worsening, and between Years 1 and 5, lung function declined to a greater extent in continuing smokers than in sustained quitters. For both time periods, these quitter/smoker differences increased as a function of airway reactivity. These findings indicate that methacholine reactivity is an important predictor of progression of airway obstruction in continuing smokers with early COPD, independent of the baseline level of obstruction.
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U2 - 10.1164/ajrccm.153.6.8665038
DO - 10.1164/ajrccm.153.6.8665038
M3 - Article
C2 - 8665038
AN - SCOPUS:0029936262
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 153
SP - 1802
EP - 1811
JO - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 6 I
ER -