European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

HIGHER BODE INDEX IN COPD PATIENTS CORRELATED WITH HIGHER NUMBER OF COMORBIDITIES

Dr. Mohit Bhatia*, Dr. J. K. Samaria, Dr. Priyanka Dua and Dr. J. K. Mishra

ABSTRACT

Various systemic manifestations of COPD[1] are well known to us. One patient of COPD may have more than one associated comorbid conditions. BODE index is a composite marker of systemic inflammation in patients with COPD[2], has been proposed to better identify the disease severity and survival. In our study we tried to find out correlation between BODE index and total number of comorbidities in a single patient. We evaluated 50 patients of COPD, containing smokers, non-smokers and ex-smokers. Cardiac, diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, psychological illness, anaemia were the most frequent comorbidities. Results indicate that there is association between BODE index and total number of comorbidities in a patient. Subjects with higher score in bode index have more associated comorbid conditions, which suggests these conditions may aggravate COPD course and increase risk of mortality.

Keywords: BODE index, comorbidities, COPD.