Detection and analysis of homocysteine in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
HUANG Xiu-xia
PANG Bao-sen
YANG Yuan-hua
GUO Su-liang
ZHANG Hai-yan
Abstract：Objective To investgate the change of the serum homocysteine in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease( AECOPD), and to explore the possible cause of the change. Methods Patients with AECOPD (n =208 ) were collected in respiratory department of Beijing Claoyang hospital from March 2007 to September 2010, healthy people in medical clinic of Beijing Chaoyang hospital ( n = 60) were enrolled as control group. We observed the changes of the serum homocysteine in this AECOPD group and control group.Results The serum homocysteine in patients with AECOPD was (19.20 ± 7.11 )μmol/L and the positive rate was 53.85% (112/208); meanwhile the serum homocysteine of control group was (7.67 ±4.33) μ mol/L, with a positive rate of 5.0% (3/60). There was a significant difference between the two groups ( P ＜ 0.01 ). Conclusion There is an increase in the serum homocysteine in patients with AECOPD, which may be caused by the blood hypercoagulable state and prothrombotic state of AECOPD patients.
Keywords：Pulmonary diseasechronic obstructiveCysteineAcute exacerbation
Publication Date：2011-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)