Fujimura M, Kamio Y, Hashimoto T, Matsuda T
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
Intern Med. 1993 Jan;32(1):1-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.32.1.
To examine the relationship of nonspecific bronchial responsiveness to baseline pulmonary function, and to compare the reactivity in asthma and sinobronchitis, we measured the provocative concentration of methacholine, causing a 20% fall in forced expiratory volume in one second (PC20-FEV1) in 82 asthmatic patients, 54 patients with sinobronchial syndrome and 57 normal subjects. Log PC20-FEV1 was directly correlated to baseline pulmonary function. The strongest correlation was seen between log PC20-FEV1 and baseline FEV1 as a % of the predicted FEV1 (%FEV1), both in asthma (log PC20-FEV1 = 0.020 x %FEV1-1.988, r = 0.54, p < 0.01) and in sinobronchial syndrome (log PC20-FEV1 = 0.025 x %FEV1-1.233, r = 0.64, p < 0.01). From the regression equations, the mean value of PC20-FEV1 at 100% FEV1 was calculated as 1.02 and 18.5 mg/ml in asthmatic and sinobronchitic patients, respectively, and the value was 35.5 mg/ml in normal subjects. The PC20-FEV1 to %FEV1 relationship may be helpful to assess individually measured PC20-FEV1 values in patients with airway obstruction.
为研究非特异性支气管反应性与基线肺功能的关系,并比较哮喘和鼻支气管炎患者的反应性,我们测定了82例哮喘患者、54例鼻支气管综合征患者和57例正常受试者的乙酰甲胆碱激发浓度,即引起一秒用力呼气容积(FEV1)下降20%时的浓度(PC20-FEV1)。对数PC20-FEV1与基线肺功能直接相关。在哮喘患者(对数PC20-FEV1 = 0.020×%FEV1 - 1.988,r = 0.54,p < 0.01)和鼻支气管综合征患者(对数PC20-FEV1 = 0.025×%FEV1 - 1.233,r = 0.64,p < 0.01)中,对数PC20-FEV1与作为预计FEV1百分比的基线FEV1(%FEV1)之间的相关性最强。根据回归方程,计算出哮喘患者和鼻支气管炎患者在FEV1为100%时PC20-FEV1的平均值分别为1.02和18.5 mg/ml,正常受试者的值为35.5 mg/ml。PC20-FEV1与%FEV1的关系可能有助于评估气道阻塞患者个体测量的PC20-FEV1值。