• 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Provincial Clinic College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Infectious Disease, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Provincial Clinic College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, P. R. China;
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Objective To investigate the relationship between pulmonary ventilation function (obstructive and restrictive ventilation dysfunction) and atherosclerosis, and explore the correlation between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba-PWV, an effective index for evaluating atherosclerosis) and pulmonary ventilation function.Methods From January to August 2018, a total of 6403 healthy subjects who reported no major chronic diseases such as stroke, myocardial infarction, cor pulmonale or malignant tumor were selected. Past history such as smoking history, hypertension, diabetes, blood biochemistry, and blood hypersensitive C reactive protein (hs-CRP), hemodynamic indexes such as systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and ba-PWV, body measurement indexes such as height, weight, waist circumference and pulmonary ventilation function were collected. The relationship between ba-PWV and pulmonary ventilation function were evaluated.Results A total of 2433 subjects were included, including 916 males and 1517 females. Ba-PWV showed significant positive correlations with age, smoking index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, triglyceride, cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, hs-CRP, glycosylated hemoglobin, and significant negative correlations with height, percentage of forced vital capacity (FVC) in the predicted value (FVC%pred), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), percentage of FEV1 in the predicted value (FEV1%pred), FEV1/FVC ratio and percentage of maximun midexpiratory flow (MMEF) in the predicted value (MMEF%pred). The ba-PWV was not correlated with weight, body mass index, FVC, MMEF, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, high density lipoprotein, creatinine or uric acid. In multiple regression analysis using factors other than ba-PWV and respiratory function as adjustment variables, both FVC%pred and FEV1%pred showed significant negative relationships with ba-PWV (P<0.05).Conclusions The results indicate that FEV1/FVC, an indicator of airflow limitation, is not a predictor of ba-PWV. However, since ba-PWV showed significant negative relationship with FVC%pred and FEV1%pred, clinically assessment of arterial stiffness might be considered in individuals with impaired pulmonary ventilation.

Citation: LI Xiaoqin, LIAN Shuangqing, LIN Guiyang, YU Xiaoli, LIN Ming, ZHUANG Shunyun, CHEN Hua, CHEN Yusheng, XU Nengluan. Relationship between pulmonary ventilation function and arterial stiffness assessed using brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in physical examination population. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020, 19(4): 384-389. doi: 10.7507/1671-6205.201906029 Copy

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