Ectopic fat accumulation in patients with COPD: an ECLIPSE substudy

Mickael Martin, Natalie Almeras, Jean-Pierre Despres, Harvey O. Coxson, George R. Washko, Isabelle Vivodtzev, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Erica Rutten, Michelle C. Williams, John T. Murchison, William MacNee, Don D. Sin, Francois Maltais*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: Obesity is increasingly associated with COPD, but little is known about the prevalence of ectopic fat accumulation in COPD and whether this can possibly be associated with poor clinical outcomes and comorbidities. The Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) substudy tested the hypothesis that COPD is associated with increased ectopic fat accumulation and that this would be associated with COPD-related outcomes and comorbidities.

Methods: Computed tomography (CT) images of the thorax obtained in ECLIPSE were used to quantify ectopic fat accumulation at L2-L3 (eg, cross-sectional area [CSA] of visceral adipose tissue [VAT] and muscle tissue [MT] attenuation, a reflection of muscle fat infiltration) and CSA of MT. A dose-response relationship between CSA of VAT, MT attenuation and CSA of MT and COPD-related outcomes (6-minute walking distance [6MWD], exacerbation rate, quality of life, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1] decline) was addressed with the Cochran-Armitage trend test. Regression models were used to investigate possible relationships between CT body composition indices and comorbidities.

Results: From the entire ECLIPSE cohort, we identified 585 subjects with valid CT images at L2-L3 to assess body composition. CSA of VAT was increased (P

Conclusion: Ectopic fat accumulation is increased in COPD, and this was associated with relevant clinical outcomes and comorbidities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)451-460
Number of pages10
JournalInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Volume12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • metabolic syndrome
  • obesity
  • abdominal adiposity
  • muscle
  • OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE
  • VISCERAL FAT
  • SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION
  • ABDOMINAL OBESITY
  • PROGRESSION
  • MORTALITY
  • INTERVENTION
  • ADIPOSITY
  • IMPACT
  • COHORT

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