Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma in Polycythemia Vera and Essential Thrombocythemia and Its Prognostic Implications. (PubMed, J Clin Med)
Statistically significant interactions existed between COPD/asthma, female sex (HR 3.94, 95% CI 1.01-11.02), ET phenotype (HR 7.1, 95% CI 15.3-16.7), JAK2 positive status (HR 4.17, 95% CI 1.04-6.9), hydroxyurea use (HR 4.67, 95% CI 1.10-7.43), and the presence of other cardiovascular risk factors (HR 8.1, 95% CI 1.55-10.72) with overall thrombotic risk (interaction p < 0.050 for all analyses)...There was no effect of COPD/asthma on overall survival. These results provide an important signal regarding the potentially inferior outcomes in ET/PV patients presenting with these common respiratory disorders and may help to further personalize MPN management.