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lüll Defining chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older persons Vaz Fragoso CA; Concato J; McAvay G; Van Ness PH; Rochester CL; Yaggi HK; Gill TMRespir Med 2009[Oct]; 103 (10): 1468-76OBJECTIVE: To develop a more age-appropriate spirometric definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among older persons. METHODS: Using data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), we developed a two-part spirometric definition of COPD in older persons, aged 65-80 years, that 1) determines a cut-point for the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) based on mortality risk; and 2) among persons below this critical FEV1/FVC threshold, determines cut-points for the FEV1, expressed as a standardized residual percentile (SR-tile) and based on the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and mortality risk. Measurements included spirometry, health questionnaires, and mortality (National Death Index). RESULTS: There were 2480 older participants with a mean age of 71.7 years; 1372 (55.4%) had a smoking history, 1097 (44.2%) had respiratory symptoms and, over the course of 12-years, 868 (35.0%) had died. Among participants with an FEV1/FVC<.70 and FEV1<5th SR-tile, representing 7.7% of the cohort, the risk of death was doubled (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.60-2.54). Among participants with an FEV1/FVC<.70 and FEV1<10th SR-tile, representing 13.4% of the cohort, the prevalence of respiratory symptoms was elevated (adjusted odds ratio, 2.44; CI, 1.79-3.33). CONCLUSION: In a large, nationally representative sample of community-living older persons, defining COPD based on an FEV1/FVC<.70, with FEV1 cut-points at the 10th and 5th SR-tiles, identifies individuals with an increased prevalence of respiratory symptoms and an increased risk of death, respectively.|*Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/diagnosis/ethnology/mortality/physiopathology[MESH]|Age Factors[MESH]|Aged[MESH]|Aged, 80 and over[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Forced Expiratory Volume/physiology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Practice Guidelines as Topic[MESH]|Prognosis[MESH]|Sex Factors[MESH]|Spirometry[MESH] |