Associations of metabolic syndrome with lung function decline and clinical respiratory outcomes: the NHLBI Pooled Cohort Study.
Yuni Choi, Pallavi P Balte, David R Jacobs, Stephanie J London, Ana Navas-Acien, Anne B Newman, George T O'Connor, Joseph E Schwartz, Benjamin M Smith, Wendy B White and 2 more
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Ana Navas-AcienColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Anne B NewmanUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
George T O'ConnorBoston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Joseph E SchwartzColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Benjamin M SmithColumbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Wendy B WhiteTougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS, USA.
Sachin YendeUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Elizabeth C OelsnerColumbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Funding
Pulmonary microvascular perfusion in the Multi-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisR01HL077612 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI R Graham BARR · 2004 to 2026
$18.8M
Pulmonary Vascular Changes in Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)R01HL093081 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI R Graham BARR · 2008 to 2026
$17.2M
Infrastructure for mentored access to CHS data and specimensR01HL172803 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI James S Floyd, Michelle Christina Odden · 2025 to 2026
$2.7M
Airway Tree Subtyping on Large Cohorts of CT Images for COPD RiskR01HL155816 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LAINE, ANDREW FRANCIS, SMITH, BENJAMIN M. · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
Hypercoagulability and Chronic Lung Disease in Older AdultsK23HL130627 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI OELSNER, ELIZABETH · 2016 to 2019
$686k
Albuminuria and incident chronic lung disease exacerbations in five population-based cohortsR21HL129924 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI OELSNER, ELIZABETH · 2015 to 2016
$440k
HDL cholesterol and chronic lower respiratory disease events in five cohortsR21HL121457 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BARR, R GRAHAM · 2013 to 2014
Background: Whether metabolic syndrome (MetS) increases the risk of chronic lung diseases remains uncertain. We aimed to test whether MetS was associated with lung function and clinical respiratory outcomes. Methods: Data were harmonised from six US general population-based prospective cohorts. Participants with baseline airflow limitation (forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV Results: Of 15 728 participants (mean age 49.6 years, 57.6% female, 68.6% White, 27.0% Black), 4422 (28.1%) had MetS. In fully adjusted models that included body weight, MetS was associated with greater rate of FVC decline (-0.89 mL·year Conclusions: MetS was associated with accelerated FVC decline and incident restriction, but not incident obstruction, in healthy adults.
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