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KMID : 1044520180810020123
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2018 Volume.81 No. 2 p.123 ~ p.131
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Altered Thoracic Cage Dimensions in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Lim Su-Jin
Kim Ju-Young
Lee Seung-Jun
Lee Gi-Dong
Cho Yu-Ji
Jeong Yi-Yeong
Jeon Kyung-Nyeo
Lee Jong-Deog
Kim Jang-Rak
Kim Ho-Cheol
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Abstract
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Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may cause changes in the shape of the thoracic cage by increasing lung volume and hyperinflation. This study investigated changes in thoracic cage dimensions and related factors in patients with COPD.
Methods: We enrolled 85 patients with COPD (76 males, 9 females; mean age, 70.6±7.1 years) and 30 normal controls. Thoracic cage dimensions were measured using chest computed tomography at levels 3, 6, and 9 of the thoracic spine. We measured the maximal transverse diameter, mid-sagittal anteroposterior (AP) diameter, and maximal AP diameter of the right and left hemithorax.
Results: The average AP diameter was significantly greater in patients with COPD compared with normal controls (13.1±2.8 cm vs. 12.2±1.13 cm, respectively; p=0.001). The ratio of AP/transverse diameter of the thoracic cage was also significantly greater in patients with COPD compared with normal controls (0.66±0.061 vs. 0.61±0.86; p=0.002). In COPD patients, the AP diameter of the thoracic cage was positively correlated with body mass index (BMI) and 6-minute walk test distance (r=0.395, p<0.001 and r=0.238, p=0.028) and negatively correlated with increasing age (r=?0.231, p=0.034). Multiple regression analysis revealed independent correlation only between BMI and increased ratio of AP/transverse diameter of the thoracic cage (p<0.001).
Conclusion: Patients with COPD exhibited an increased AP diameter of the thoracic cage compared with normal controls. BMI was associated with increased AP diameter in these patients.
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KEYWORD
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Rib Cage, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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