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Lung CT density correlates with measurements of airflow limitation and the diffusing capacity.
European Respiratory Journal 1991 Februrary
We studied 80 subjects (63 M, 17 F; 23-82 yrs) and related lung computerized tomography (CT) density with age, height, spirometry, lung volumes, diffusing capacity and arterial blood gas tensions. These subjects demonstrated a wide range of physiological impairment (forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) 8-116% predicted; diffusing capacity (Kco) 15-139% predicted; arterial oxygen tension (Pao2) 38-91 mmHg). They ranged from normal subjects to patients with chronic respiratory failure. Lung density was derived from CT density histograms measured as both mean Emergency Medical Information (EMI) number (EMI scale: 0 = water, -500 = air, EMI number of normal lung tissue range approximately -200 to -450) and the lowest 5th percentile EMI number, the latter value being more likely to represent the density of lung parenchyma. Lung CT density correlated most strongly with airflow obstruction (EMI 5th percentile versus FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) % predicted, r = 0.73, p less than 0.001) and diffusing capacity (EMI 5th percentile versus Kco, r = 0.77, p less than 0.001). This suggests that reduction in lung density, which reflects loss of the surface area of the distal airspaces, is a major index of respiratory function in patients with smoking related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These data provide no indication of other factors such as small and large airways disease, and loss of elastic recoil, which may contribute to airflow limitation, or disruption of the pulmonary vascular bed which may also affect CT lung density.
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