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Table 5 The impact of smoking cessation on comorbidities and left heart function in early or late smoking COPD patients (after adjusting smoking index)

From: Early smoking lead to worse prognosis of COPD patients: a real world study

Variables

Early smoking (n = 104)

Late smoking (n = 104)

P-value

Echocardiography

   

LVD, mm

44(41,47)

42(40,44)

0.003

LAS, mm

30(27,33)

29(27,33)

0.879

RVD, mm

29(27,32)

28(26,32)

0.360

RAS, mm

29(26,32)

28(27,31)

0.378

AO, mm

30(28,33)

30(27,32)

0.316

PA, mm

22(20,24)

22(21,25)

0.704

PA/AO

0.72(0.69,0.82)

0.77(0.69,0.88)

0.233

LVSD, %

9(8,10)

9(8,10)

0.813

LVPWD, mm

9(8,10)

9(8,10)

0.527

PAV, cm/s

80(71,97)

84(80,99)

0.141

EF, %

62(60,65)

61(60,64)

0.733

FS, %

33(30,35)

32(30,34)

0.646

Comorbidities and complications

   

Coronary heart disease, %

11.5

21.2

0.061

Hypertension, %

27.9

44.4

0.057

Diabetes, %

13.5

8.7

0.269

Pneumonia, %

19.2

22.1

0.607

Bronchiectasis, %

12.5

14.4

0.685

Respiratory failure, %

40.4

41.7

0.842

Prior pulmonary TB, %

25.0

31.4

0.309

Cor pulmonale, %

28.8

27.9

0.878

  1. Notes: LVD: Left Ventricular Diameter; LAS: Left Ventricular Diameter; RVD: Reft Ventricular Diameter; RAS: Left Ventricular Diameter; AO: Aortic Diameter; PA: Pulmonary Artery Diameter; LVSD: Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction; LVPWD: Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Diameter; PAV: Pulmonary Artery Velocity; EF: Ejection Fraction; FS: Fractional Shortening