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. 2017 Mar 20;22:13. doi: 10.1186/s12199-017-0620-0

Table 3.

Relationship between AL and comorbidities according to lung function

Comorbidity Normal n = 11,785 AL total
n = 920
p Value AL
Mild n = 469 p Value Moderate-to-very severe n = 451 p Value
Men (n = 6,661) n = 6,010 n = 651 n = 257 n = 394
Lung cancer
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 10.40 (4.21–25.69) <0.001 7.88 (2.12–29.27) 0.002 12.06 (4.47–32.56) <0.001
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 9.88 (3.88–25.14) <0.001 6.52 (1.70–24.99) 0.006 12.58 (4.53–34.94) <0.001
Hypertension
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.21 (1.03–1.42) 0.024 1.28 (1.00–1.64) 0.053 1.16 (0.95–1.42) 0.156
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.08 (0.91–1.27) 0.404 1.08 (0.83–1.39) 0.585 1.08 (0.87–1.33) 0.506
Diabetes and hyperglycemia
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.33 (1.10–1.60) 0.003 1.30 (0.98–1.74) 0.073 1.34 (1.06–1.70) 0.014
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.23 (1.02–1.49) 0.034 1.19 (0.89–1.60) 0.245 1.26 (0.99–1.60) 0.06
Dyslipidemia
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 0.93 (0.79–1.09) 0.343 0.92 (0.72–1.18) 0.505 0.93 (0.76–1.14) 0.478
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 0.95 (0.81–1.13) 0.576 0.98 (0.76–1.26) 0.862 0.94 (0.76–1.16) 0.551
MetS (JIS)
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.21 (0.99–1.49) 0.065 1.02 (0.74–1.43) 0.889 1.34 (1.05–1.73) 0.021
 Adjusted* OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.21 (0.98–1.49) 0.075 1.05 (0.75–1.46) 0.797 1.32 (1.02–1.69) 0.034
MetS (JCCMS)
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.11 (0.90–1.38) 0.333 1.14 (0.82–1.58) 0.428 1.09 (0.83–1.43) 0.524
 Adjusted* OR (95% CI 1.00 1.05 (0.85–1.31) 0.648 1.08 (0.77–1.50) 0.665 1.04 (0.79–1.36) 0.797
Ischemic heart disease
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.12 (0.75–1.89) 0.464 1.00 (0.46–2.15) 0.996 1.31 (0.75–2.29) 0.336
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 0.86 (0.53–1.38) 0.524 0.65 (0.30–1.41) 0.27 1.02 (0.58–1.81) 0.937
Women (n–6,044) n = 5,775 n = 269 n = 212 n = 57
Lung cancer
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 4.33 (1.25–15.05) 0.02 3.66 (0.83–16.10) 0.086 6.86 (0.89–52.80) 0.065
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 3.42 (0.97–12.11) 0.057 2.82 (0.63–12.64) 0.176 5.95 (0.75–47.32) 0.09
Hypertension
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.71 (1.34–2.19) <0.001 1.74 (1.32–2.29) <0.001 1.61 (0.95–2.73) 0.08
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.63 (1.26–2.10) <0.001 1.59 (1.20–2.11) 0.001 1.79 (1.04–3.10) 0.037
Diabetes and hyperglycemia
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.63 (1.20–2.23) 0.002 1.74 (1.24–2.45) 0.001 1.25 (0.61–2.56) 0.54
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.61 (1.18–2.20) 0.003 1.68 (1.19–2.37) 0.003 1.34 (0.65–2.75) 0.43
Dyslipidemia
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 0.97 (0.75–1.24) 0.779 1.09 (0.83–1.44) 0.522 0.58 (0.33–1.78) 0.70
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 0.90 (0.70–1.16) 0.418 1.00 (0.75–1.32) 0.982 0.89 (0.43–1.82) 0.74
MetS (JIS)
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.33 (0.99–1.79) 0.057 1.47 (1.07–2.03) 0.019 0.87 (0.43–1.78) 0.70
 Adjusted* OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.31 (0.97–1.76) 0.075 1.43 (1.04–1.98) 0.03 0.89 (0.43–1.82) 0.74
MetS (JCCMS)
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.76 (1.04–2.98) 0.034 1.97 (1.13–3.45) 0.018 1.01 (0.25–4.19) 0.99
 Adjusted* OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.64 (0.97–2.78) 0.067 1.83 (1.04–3.21) 0.036 0.94 (0.23–3.93) 0.94
Osteoporosis
 Crude OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.77 (1.16–2.71) 0.009 1.70 (1.05–2.76) 0.032 2.03 (0.87–4.77) 0.10
 Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 1.33 (0.83–2.14) 0.243 1.24 (0.73–2.12) 0.428 1.73 (0.64–4.68) 0.28

Adjusted for age, body mass index, smoking status, * adjusted for age and smoking status

Airflow limitation (AL) was difined as FEV1/FVC < 0.7

Hypertension; antihypertensive medication use or systolic blood pressure ≧130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≧85 mmHg Diabetes and hyperglycemia; blood glucose-lowerning medication use or elevated fasting glucose ≧110 Dyslipidemia; medication use or triglycerides ≧150 mg/dl, HDL-C < 40 mg/dl or LDL-C≧140 mg/dl MetS (JCCMS) Dyslipidemia

AL airflow limitation, MetS metabolic syndrome, JIS Joint Interim Statement, JCCMS Japanese Committee of Criteria for MetS, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval