Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(COPD) is a major chronic respiratory disease worldwide. Inflammat...Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(COPD) is a major chronic respiratory disease worldwide. Inflammatory cells reflect the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">inflammatory situation both in peripheral blood and induced sputum. </span></span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Their correlation has not been reported. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The correlation between neutrophils (Neu), eosinophils (Eos), and lymphocyte (Lym) in induced sputum and that in peripheral blood of COPD </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">patients was evaluated </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to explore the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">consistency of inflammatory cells in peripheral blood and induced sputum. Peripheral blood and induced sputum were collected from 437 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">patients with acute exacerbation of COPD</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (AECOPD) who were hospitalized in the Department of respiratory and critical care medicine, Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The correlation analysis was performed by Spearman correlation analysis. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The r</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">atios of Neu, Eos, and Lym in induced sputum were (79.15 ± 22.60)%, (5.23 ± 12.74)%, and (1.69 ± 2.66)%. The ratios of </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Neu, Eos, and Lym in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">peripheral blood were (63.29 ± 11.44)%, (2.99 ± 3.60)%, and (25.16 ± 10.19)%. The results showed that the ratios of Neu and Eos in induced sputum were significantly correlated with the proportion of </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">corresponding cells in peripheral blood (P < 0.05). </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There was no correlation between the ratio of Lym and Leu in induced sputum and corresponding cells in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">peripheral blood (P > 0.05). In patients with AECOPD, the tendency of Neu and Eos in induced sputum was </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">consistent with the corresponding cells in peripheral blood. Neu and Eos in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">induced sputum and peripheral blood reflected the degree of inflammation to guide the individualized medication of patients.展开更多
文摘Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(COPD) is a major chronic respiratory disease worldwide. Inflammatory cells reflect the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">inflammatory situation both in peripheral blood and induced sputum. </span></span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Their correlation has not been reported. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The correlation between neutrophils (Neu), eosinophils (Eos), and lymphocyte (Lym) in induced sputum and that in peripheral blood of COPD </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">patients was evaluated </span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to explore the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">consistency of inflammatory cells in peripheral blood and induced sputum. Peripheral blood and induced sputum were collected from 437 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">patients with acute exacerbation of COPD</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (AECOPD) who were hospitalized in the Department of respiratory and critical care medicine, Inner Mongolia People’s Hospital. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The correlation analysis was performed by Spearman correlation analysis. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The r</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">atios of Neu, Eos, and Lym in induced sputum were (79.15 ± 22.60)%, (5.23 ± 12.74)%, and (1.69 ± 2.66)%. The ratios of </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Neu, Eos, and Lym in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">peripheral blood were (63.29 ± 11.44)%, (2.99 ± 3.60)%, and (25.16 ± 10.19)%. The results showed that the ratios of Neu and Eos in induced sputum were significantly correlated with the proportion of </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">corresponding cells in peripheral blood (P < 0.05). </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There was no correlation between the ratio of Lym and Leu in induced sputum and corresponding cells in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">peripheral blood (P > 0.05). In patients with AECOPD, the tendency of Neu and Eos in induced sputum was </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">consistent with the corresponding cells in peripheral blood. Neu and Eos in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">induced sputum and peripheral blood reflected the degree of inflammation to guide the individualized medication of patients.
