Abstract

Background:

At present, a large number of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are undiagnosed in China. Thus, this study aimed to develop a simple prediction model as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for COPD.

Methods:

The study was based on the data of 22,943 subjects aged 30 to 79 years and enrolled in the second resurvey of China Kadoorie Biobank during 2012 and 2013 in China. We stepwisely selected the predictors using logistic regression model. Then we tested the model validity through P–P graph, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), ten-fold cross validation and an external validation in a sample of 3492 individuals from the Enjoying Breathing Program in China.

Results:

The final prediction model involved 14 independent variables, including age, sex, location (urban/rural), region, educational background, smoking status, smoking amount (pack-years), years of exposure to air pollution by cooking fuel, family history of COPD, history of tuberculosis, body mass index, shortness of breath, sputum and wheeze. The model showed an area under curve (AUC) of 0.72 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.72–0.73) for detecting undiagnosed COPD patients, with the cutoff of predicted probability of COPD=0.22, presenting a sensitivity of 70.13% and a specificity of 62.25%. The AUROC value for screening undiagnosed patients with clinically significant COPD was 0.68 (95% CI: 0.66–0.69). Moreover, the ten-fold cross validation reported an AUC of 0.72 (95% CI: 0.71–0.73), and the external validation presented an AUC of 0.69 (95% CI: 0.68–0.71).

Conclusion:

This prediction model can serve as a first-stage screening tool for undiagnosed COPD patients in primary care settings.

Details

Title
Development of a prediction model to identify undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in primary care settings in China
Author
Zhang Buyu 1 ; Sun, Dong 1 ; Niu Hongtao 2 ; Dong Fen 3 ; Lyu, Jun 4 ; Guo, Yu 5 ; Du Huaidong 6 ; Chen, Yalin 7 ; Chen Junshi 8 ; Cao Weihua 1 ; Yang, Ting 2 ; Yu Canqing 9 ; Chen, Zhengming 10 ; Li, Liming 9 

 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China 
 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center of Respiratory Medicine, China–Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China; National Center for Respiratory Medicine and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing 100029, China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100007, China 
 National Center for Respiratory Medicine and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing 100029, China; Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100007, China 
 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness and Response, Beijing 100191, China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences (Peking University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100191, China 
 National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100037, China 
 Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK; Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK 
 Maiji Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianshui, Gansu 741020, China 
 China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100022, China 
 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Peking University Center for Public Health and Epidemic Preparedness and Response, Beijing 100191, China 
10  Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK 
Pages
676-682
Section
Original Articles
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Mar 2023
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
ISSN
03666999
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2802957627
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