A study on bode index as a predictor of severity and systemic involvement in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract

Aims and Objectives: To see if having a higher BODE index in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 
correlates with having smoked for more years. To see if a higher BODE index is linked to more days 
spent in the hospital for patients. To see if a higher BODE is linked to more severe cardiac involvement. 
To see if a greater BODE index is linked to a patient's low nutritional status. To see if BODE index is 
linked to systemic inflammation. 
Methods: This study was carried out at Department of Pulmonary Medicine and General Medicine, 
Government General Hospital Kakinada between August 2021 to February 2022. After obtaining 
institutional ethics committee approval. The BODE score was evaluated as a predictor of hospitalization 
and severity of systemic involvement in individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease using a 
case control study design with sample size 60 (case: 40; controls: 20).