Research on clinical medicine
XU Wei, CHENG Jixia, LI Jie, ZHANG Hua
Objective: To explore the correlation between C-reactive protein clearance rate (CRPc) and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in acute bronchitis patients, in order to provide a reference for clinical diagnosis of AHR degree in acute bronchitis patients. Methods: A total of 182 patients with acute bronchitis admitted to Luzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from June 2020 to June 2023 were selected as the study objects, and were divided into group A: mild (n=67), group B: moderate (n=59), and group C: severe (n=56) according to the different degrees of AHR. The method of 1∶1 orientation matching was used to adjust the balance of patient data. All patients underwent lung examination, fasting blood was collected in the morning, and serum indexes of patients were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. CRP level and CRPc were detected within 24 h and after admission and 3, 5, and 7 d after treatment. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was conducted to analyze the correlation between CRPc and AHR degree, analyze the clinical factors affecting AHR degree, construct the corresponding prediction model and evaluate. Results: After 1∶1 orientation matching, 47 patients with mild, moderate and severe AHR with no statistical difference in various indicators before treatment were obtained. After treatment, the levels of FEV1/FVC, MVV, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), IL-10 and PD20FEV1 in the 3 groups were increased, while the levels of CRP, YKL-39 and LTE4 were decreased, indicating a significant improvement effect. In addition, the levels of FEV1/FVC, MVV, IFN-γ, IL-10 and PD20FEV1 in group A were higher than those in the other two groups, while the levels of CRP, YKL-39 and LTE4 were lower than those in the other two groups, and the improvement effect was better. The CRPc of group A, B and C after 7 d of treatment were (70.66±14.85)%, (60.55±15.52)% and (48.24±14.47)%, respectively, and the CRPc of group A were significantly higher than those of the other two groups. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that CRPc-3 (OR=0.85, 95%CI: 0.69-0.87), CRPc-5 (OR=0.92, 95%CI: 0.77-0.95) and CRPc-7 (OR=0.96, 95%CI: 0.89-0.98) were correlated with the degree of AHR in patients. YKL-39 and LTE4 are risk factors (OR>1) for developing severe AHR, while CRPc-3, CRPc-5, CRPc-7, IFN-γ and PD20FEV1 are protective factors (OR<1) for developing severe AHR. All 7 factors have high predictive value for the risk of developing severe AHR, but the combined detection has the highest predictive value. A model built by combining the above 7 factors: Logit(P)=-2.036-0.449 (CRPc-3)-0.507(CRPc-5)-0.114(CRPc-7)-0.464(IFN-γ)+0.449(LTE4)+0.622(YKL-39)-0.200(PD20FEV1). When P=0.90, the Yoden index is the highest and the prediction effect is the best with prediction accuracy 83.10%, sensitivity 93.71%, and specificity 78.52%. Conclusion: Patients with mild AHR had higher CRPc than those with moderate and severe AHR, CRPc-3, CRPc-5 and CRPc-7 were correlated with the degree of AHR.