Establishment and validation of a risk nomogram for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complicated with community-acquired pneumonia
Objective:To establish and validate the risk nomogram for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)complicated with community-acquired pneumonia(CAP).Methods:From June 2022 to December 2023,182 COPD patients admitted to our hospital were stochastically assigned into a training set(91 cases)and a valida-tion set(91 cases)in a 1∶1 ratio.According to the combined CAP in COPD patients,they were grouped into a complicated CAP group and a non complicated CAP group.Logistic regression analysis was used to screen risk fac-tors,and a nomogram was drawn to evaluate its discrimination and consistency.Results:A total of 182 COPD pa-tients were included.Among the 91 cases in the training set,37 cases(40.66%)complicated with CAP,and 54 cases(59.34%)did not complicate with CAP.Among the 91 cases in the validation set,39 cases(42.86%)had CAP,and 52 cases(57.14%)did not have CAP.Logistic regression analysis showed that type 2 diabetes(OR=4.250,P=0.036),stroke(OR=6.957,P=0.011),inhaled glucocorticoid(OR=6.409,P=0.010),and home oxygen therapy(OR=3.725,P=0.012)were independent risk factors for COPD complicated with CAP.In the training set,the area under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was 0.811(95%CI:0.725-0.897);the slope of the calibration curve was close to 1,and the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test showed x2=6.092 and P=0.413.In the validation set,the area under the ROC curve was 0.829(95%CI:0.743-0.916),and the slope of the calibration curve was close to 1.Conclusion:The nomogram based on type 2 diabetes,stroke,in-haled glucocorticoid and home oxygen therapy can effectively predict the risk of COPD complicated with CAP.