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Association of serum ferritin levels with smoking and lung function in the Korean adult population: analysis of the fourth and fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Authors
 Chan Ho Lee  ;  Eun Kyung Goag  ;  Su Hwan Lee  ;  Kyung Soo Chung  ;  Ji Ye Jung  ;  Moo Suk Park  ;  Young Sam Kim  ;  Se Kyu Kim  ;  Joon Chang  ;  Joo Han Song 
Citation
 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, Vol.11 : 3001-3006, 2016 
Journal Title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
ISSN
 1176-9106 
Issue Date
2016
MeSH
Adult ; Aged ; Airway Obstruction/blood* ; Airway Obstruction/diagnosis ; Airway Obstruction/epidemiology ; Airway Obstruction/physiopathology ; Biomarkers/blood ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Ferritins/blood* ; Forced Expiratory Volume ; Humans ; Lung/physiopathology* ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nutrition Surveys ; Prevalence ; Republic of Korea/epidemiology ; Risk Factors ; Smoking/adverse effects ; Smoking/blood* ; Smoking/epidemiology ; Spirometry ; Up-Regulation ; Vital Capacity
Keywords
airway obstruction ; ferritin ; smoking
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Iron-catalyzed oxidative stress contributes to lung injury after exposure to various toxins, including cigarette smoke. An oxidant/antioxidant imbalance is considered to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of COPD. Ferritin is a key protein in iron homeostasis, and its capacity to oxidize and sequester the metal preventing iron prooxidant activity implicates its possible role in the alteration of antioxidant imbalance. We investigated the relationship among cigarette smoking, lung function, and serum ferritin concentration in a large cohort representative of the Korean adult population.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Among 50,405 participants of the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2014, 15,239 adult subjects older than 40 years with serum ferritin levels and spirometric data were selected for this study.

RESULTS: The mean age was 56.5 years for men (43%) and 56.9 years for women (57%). The prevalence of airway obstruction was 13.4%, which was significantly higher in men than in women, and increased in former or current smokers. The median levels of serum ferritin were highest in the airway obstruction group, followed by the restrictive pattern group, and lowest in the normal lung function group. The median ferritin levels were increased by smoking status and amounts in each spirometric subgroup. In multivariable regression analysis, serum ferritin was positively associated with forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity, whereas the smoking amount was negatively associated with the adjustment with age, sex, height, and weight.

CONCLUSION: Serum ferritin levels were increased in former or current smokers and were increased with smoking amount in all subgroups of participants categorized according to spirometric results. The result was also evident in the subgroups divided by obstructive severity. While smoking amount was inversely related to lung function, higher levels of serum ferritin were associated with enhanced spirometric results in a representative sample of the general Korean adult population. Future prospective studies will be needed to clarify the causality between serum ferritin and lung functions and their role in COPD morbidity.
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DOI
10.2147/COPD.S116982
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Goag, Eun Kyong(곽은경)
Kim, Se Kyu(김세규)
Kim, Young Sam(김영삼) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-8482
Park, Moo Suk(박무석) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0820-7615
Song, Joo Han(송주한)
Lee, Su Hwan(이수환) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-2574
Lee, Chanho(이찬호) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-7379
Chang, Joon(장준) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4542-6841
Jung, Kyung Soo(정경수) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1604-8730
Jung, Ji Ye(정지예) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-4142
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/152751
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