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Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Comorbidities in Lithuanian National Database: A Cluster Analysis

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  • Elena Jurevičienė

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Greta Burneikaitė

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Laimis Dambrauskas

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Vytautas Kasiulevičius

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Edita Kazėnaitė

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Rokas Navickas

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Roma Puronaitė

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, Vilnius University, Naugarduko g. 24, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Giedrė Smailytė

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Žydrūnė Visockienė

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania)

  • Edvardas Danila

    (Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Čiurlionio Str. 21, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania
    Vilnius University Hospital, Santaros Klinikos, Santariškių Str. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania)

Abstract

Various comorbidities and multimorbidity frequently occur in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to the overload of health care systems and increased mortality. We aimed to assess the impact of COPD on the probability and clustering of comorbidities. The cross-sectional analysis of the nationwide Lithuanian database was performed based on the entries of the codes of chronic diseases. COPD was defined on the code J44.8 entry and six-month consumption of bronchodilators. Descriptive statistics and odds ratios (ORs) for associations and agglomerative hierarchical clustering were carried out. 321,297 patients aged 40–79 years were included; 4834 of them had COPD. A significantly higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), lung cancer, kidney diseases, and the association of COPD with six-fold higher odds of lung cancer (OR 6.66; p < 0.0001), a two-fold of heart failure (OR 2.61; p < 0.0001), and CVD (OR 1.83; p < 0.0001) was found. Six clusters in COPD males and five in females were pointed out, in patients without COPD—five and four clusters accordingly. The most prevalent cardiovascular cluster had no significant difference according to sex or COPD presence, but a different linkage of dyslipidemia was found. The study raises the need to elaborate adjusted multimorbidity case management and screening tools enabling better outcomes.

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  • Elena Jurevičienė & Greta Burneikaitė & Laimis Dambrauskas & Vytautas Kasiulevičius & Edita Kazėnaitė & Rokas Navickas & Roma Puronaitė & Giedrė Smailytė & Žydrūnė Visockienė & Edvardas Danila, 2022. "Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Comorbidities in Lithuanian National Database: A Cluster Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:970-:d:725674
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    1. Laura Nedzinskienė & Elena Jurevičienė & Žydrūnė Visockienė & Agnė Ulytė & Roma Puronaitė & Vytautas Kasiulevičius & Edita Kazėnaitė & Greta Burneikaitė & Rokas Navickas, 2021. "Structure and Distribution of Health Care Costs across Age Groups of Patients with Multimorbidity in Lithuania," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-12, March.
    2. Jurevičienė, E. & Onder, G. & Visockienė, Ž. & Puronaitė, R. & Petrikonytė, D. & Gargalskaitė, U. & Kasiulevičius, V. & Navickas, R., 2018. "Does multimorbidity still remain a matter of the elderly: Lithuanian national data analysis," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(6), pages 681-686.
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