Abstract
BackgroundCardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Endothelial dysfunction is suggested to be one of the pathogenetic mechanisms involved. This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using any available functional method to examine differences in endothelial function between patients with COPD and individuals without COPD (controls).MethodsLiterature search involved PubMed and Scopus databases. Eligible studies included adult patients and evaluated endothelial damage via functional methods. Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was applied to evaluate the quality of retrieved studies. Subgroup analyses were performed to explore heterogeneity across the studies. Funnel-plots were constructed to evaluate publication bias.ResultsOf the 21 initially identified reports, 19 studies with a total of 968 participants were included in the final meta-analysis. A significantly impaired response in endothelium-dependent (weighted mean between-group difference, WMD: −2.59%, 95%CI [−3.75, −1.42]) and –independent vasodilation (WMD: −3.13, 95%CI [−5.18, −1.09]) was observed in patients with COPD compared to controls. When pooling all studies together, regardless of the technique used for assessment of vascular reactivity, pronounced endothelial dysfunction was observed in COPD compared to controls (standardised-mean-difference, SMD: −1.19, 95%CI [−1.69, −0.68]). Subgroup analysis showed that the difference was larger when patients with COPD were compared with non-smoking controls (SMD: −1.75, 95%CI [−2.58, −0.92]. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the above results.ConclusionsPatients with COPD have significantly impaired endothelial function compared to controls without COPD. Future studies should delineate the importance of endothelial dysfunction towards development of cardiovascular disease in COPD.
Publisher
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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