PMID- 36599111 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240419 IS - 2372-952X (Print) IS - 2372-952X (Electronic) IS - 2372-952X (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Jan 25 TI - Associations Between Muscle Weakness and Clinical Outcomes in Current and Former Smokers. PG - 112-121 LID - 10.15326/jcopdf.2022.0365 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at increased risk of muscle weakness. There are limited data describing weakness in smokers with normal spirometry and preserved ratio-impaired spirometry (PRISm), 2 subgroups at risk of respiratory symptom burden and activity limitations. In this study, we evaluated the associations of 2 weakness measures, sit-to-stand (STS) and handgrip strength (HGS), with clinical outcomes in smokers with COPD, normal spirometry, and PRISm. METHODS: We evaluated 1972 current and former smokers from the COPD Genetic Epidemiology (COPDGene((R))) cohort with STS and HGS measurements at their 10-year study visit. Multivariable regression modeling was used to assess associations between weakness measures and the 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) test, the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ), the Short-Form-36 (SF-36), severe exacerbations, and prospective mortality, reported as standardized coefficients (beta), odds ratios (ORs), or hazard ratios (HRs). RESULTS: Compared with HGS, STS was more strongly associated with the 6MWD (beta=0.45, p<0.001 versus. beta=0.25, p<0.001), SGRQ (beta=-0.24, p<0.001 versus beta=-0.18, p<0.001), SF-36 Physical Functioning (beta=0.36, p<0.001 versus beta=0.25, p<0.001), severe exacerbations (OR 0.95, p=0.04 versus OR 0.97, p=0.01), and prospective mortality (HR 0.83, p=0.001 versus HR 0.94, p=0.03). Correlations remained after stratification by spirometric subgroups. Compared with males, females had larger magnitude effect sizes between STS and clinical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: STS and HGS are easy to perform weakness measures that provide important information about functional performance, health-related quality of life, severe exacerbations, and survival in smokers, regardless of spirometric subgroup. This iterates the importance of screening current and former smokers for weakness in the outpatient setting. CI - JCOPDF (c) 2023. FAU - Zou, Richard H AU - Zou RH AD - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. FAU - Nouraie, S Mehdi AU - Nouraie SM AD - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. FAU - Rossiter, Harry B AU - Rossiter HB AD - The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States. FAU - McDonald, Merry-Lynn AU - McDonald ML AD - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States. FAU - DeMeo, Dawn L AU - DeMeo DL AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. FAU - Mason, Stefanie AU - Mason S AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. FAU - Washko, George R AU - Washko GR AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. FAU - Saha, Punam K AU - Saha PK AD - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States. FAU - Make, Barry J AU - Make BJ AD - Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States. FAU - Casaburi, Richard AU - Casaburi R AD - The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States. FAU - Regan, Elizabeth A AU - Regan EA AD - Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States. FAU - Bon, Jessica AU - Bon J AD - Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. AD - Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. CN - COPDGene Investigators LA - eng GR - F32 HL164309/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL153460/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 HL089897/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 HL089856/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis JT - Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) JID - 101635411 PMC - PMC9995230 OTO - NOTNLM OT - COPD outcomes OT - COPDGene OT - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease OT - cigarette smoking OT - musculoskeletal comorbidities COIS- HBR reports grants and contracts from the NIH and Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, consulting fees from Omniox, and is involved in contracted clinical research with Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Astellas, United Therapeutics, Genentech, and Regeneron; he is a visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. DLD reports grants and contracts from the NIH and Bayer. GRW reports grants and contracts from the NIH, Department of Defense, and Boehringer Ingelheim, consulting fees from Pulmonx, Vertex, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, participation on a data safety monitoring board for Pulmonx and is a co-founder and equity shareholder in Quantitative Imaging Solutions, a company that provides consulting and software development services for image and data analytics; GRW's wife works for Biogen. BJM reports grants and contracts from NHLBI, American Lung Association, Department of Defense, AstraZeneca, and Pearl, consulting fees from AstraZeneca and Third Pole, royalties from Wolters Kluwer Health (UpToDate), and participation on data safety monitoring boards for Spiration, Mylan, Quintiles, Mount Sinai, University of Wisconsin, and Baystate Medical Center; he serves on medical advisory boards for GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, and AstraZeneca. RC reports grants and contracts from Regeneron and speaker bureau participation with GlaxoSmithKline and Boehringer Ingelheim; he serves on the medical advisory board and has stock ownership with Inogen. RHZ, SMN, MLM, SM, PKS, EAR, and JB have no conflicts to disclose. EDAT- 2023/01/05 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/05 06:01 PMCR- 2023/01/05 CRDT- 2023/01/04 16:02 PHST- 2023/01/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/05 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/04 16:02 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.15326/jcopdf.2022.0365 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2023 Jan 25;10(1):112-121. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.2022.0365.