The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Comorbidity in Patients with Severe and Very Severe COPD

Jagoda Stojkovikj, Beti Ivanovska-Zafirovska, Irina Angelovska, Angela Debreslioska, Sead Zejnel, Smiljko Jovanovski, Dragana Stojkovikj, Sasha Anastasova, Ivana Jovanovska

Volume 16 Issue 4

Global Journal of Medical Research

Cardiovascular comorbidities are most frequent comorbidities in COPD and are responsible for many deaths in those patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence and the risk factors of these comorbidities. In the survey 114COPD patients were included with severe and very severe stage of the disease, FEV1<50%, which were stable. Cardiovascular comorbidity was detected in 92 (80.7%) respondents, 61.9 % with severe and 38.1 % with very severe COPD. Blood sugar (p=0.023*), CRP (p=0.00007**), CAT score (p<0.0006**) and number of exacerbations (p<0.0001) were significantly higher in patients with cardiovascular comorbidity. We can conclude that cardiovascular comorbidities are frequent in COPD patients with severe and very severe stage. They have a great impact in this patients.