A Comparison of Spirometric Parameters and Serum Malondialdehyde Level in Actively Smoking Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients and Non- Smoking Apparently Normals- A Crosssectional Comparative Study

Introduction: The antioxidants requirement depend on one’s exposure to endogenous and exogenous reactive oxygen species.Cigarette smoking leads to increased exposure to reactive oxygen species,hence they require more antioxidant nutrients In this study, we aimed to study the serum levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) as a marker of oxidative stress and pulmonary function tests (PFT) and to study if there is any correlation between PFTand MDA levels in, smokers,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

Aim: To compare the pulmonary function tests (PFT) and serum malondialdehyde (MDA) level in smokers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with non-smoker controls.

Methods and Materials: N=30, 35-50 years age group smokers, COPD patients were enrolled as cases.N=30 age and sex matched were enrolled as control group. Serum MDA and PFT parameters like forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC ratio, Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) were measured.

Result: PFT parameters like forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in first second (FEV1), FEV1/FVC ratio, peak expiratory flow rate(PEFR) were decreased and found statistically significant in smokers, COPD group.MDA level were increase and found statistically highly significant in smokers, COPD group.

Conclusion: MDA is negatively correlated with FEV1% predicted, FEV1/FVC % predicted ratio and FVC in smokers, COPD patients