Kon, SSC;
Jolley, CJ;
Shrikrishna, D;
Montgomery, HE;
Skipworth, JRA;
Puthucheary, Z;
Moxham, J;
... Hopkinson, NS; + view all
(2017)
ACE and response to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: two observational studies.
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
, 4
(1)
, Article e000165. 10.1136/bmjresp-2016-000165.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Skeletal muscle impairment is an important feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Renin-angiotensin system activity influences muscle phenotype, so we wished to investigate whether it affects the response to pulmonary rehabilitation. METHODS: Two studies are described; in the first, the response of 168 COPD patients (mean forced expiratory volume in one second 51.9% predicted) to pulmonary rehabilitation was compared between different ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism genotypes. In a second, independent COPD cohort (n=373), baseline characteristics and response to pulmonary rehabilitation were compared between COPD patients who were or were not taking ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor antagonists (ARB). RESULTS: In study 1, the incremental shuttle walk distance improved to a similar extent in all three genotypes; DD/ID/II (n=48/91/29) 69(67)m, 61 (76)m and 78 (78)m, respectively, (p>0.05). In study 2, fat free mass index was higher in those on ACE-I/ARB (n=130) than those who were not (n=243), 17.8 (16.0, 19.8) kg m(-2) vs 16.5 (14.9, 18.4) kg/m(2) (p<0.001). However change in fat free mass, walking distance or quality of life in response to pulmonary rehabilitation did not differ between groups. CONCLUSIONS: While these data support a positive association of ACE-I/ARB treatment and body composition in COPD, neither treatment to reduce ACE activity nor ACE (I/D) genotype influence response to pulmonary rehabilitation.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | ACE and response to pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: two observational studies |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjresp-2016-000165 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2016-000165 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright: Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | COPD Pathology, Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Experimental and Translational Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1547756 |
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