The association of blood eosinophil counts and FEV decline: a cohort study.

Eur Respir J

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

Published: May 2024

Background: Accelerated lung function decline is characteristic of COPD. However, the association between blood eosinophil counts and lung function decline, accounting for current smoking status, in young individuals without prevalent lung disease is not fully understood.

Methods: This is a cohort study of 629 784 Korean adults without COPD or a history of asthma at baseline who participated in health screening examinations including spirometry and differential white blood cell counts. We used a linear mixed-effects model to estimate the annual change in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV) (mL) by baseline blood eosinophil count, adjusting for covariates including smoking status. In addition, we performed a stratified analysis by baseline and time-varying smoking status.

Results: During a mean follow-up of 6.5 years (maximum 17.8 years), the annual change in FEV (95% CI) in participants with eosinophil counts <100, 100-199, 200-299, 300-499 and ≥500 cells·µL in the fully adjusted model were -23.3 (-23.9--22.7) mL, -24.3 (-24.9--23.7) mL, -24.8 (-25.5--24.2) mL, -25.5 (-26.2--24.8) mL and -26.8 (-27.7--25.9) mL, respectively. When stratified by smoking status, participants with higher eosinophil count had a faster decline in FEV than those with lower eosinophil count in both never- and ever-smokers, which persisted when time-varying smoking status was used.

Conclusions: Higher blood eosinophil counts were associated with a faster lung function decline among healthy individuals without lung disease, independent of smoking status. The findings suggest that higher blood eosinophil counts contribute to the risk of faster lung function decline, particularly among younger adults without a history of lung disease.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01037-2023DOI Listing

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