Abstract
The incidence of respiratory diseases has been associated with copper in particulate matter; however, the relationship between urinary copper levels and interstitial lung changes remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted a population-based study in southern Taiwan between 2016 and 2018, excluding individuals with a history of lung carcinoma, pneumonia, and cigarette smoking. Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) was performed to detect lung interstitial changes, including the presence of ground-glass opacity or bronchiectasis in LDCT images. We categorized urinary copper levels into quartiles (Q1: ≤10.3; Q2: >10.4 and ≤14.2; Q3: >14.3 and ≤18.9; and Q4: >19.0 μg/L) and analyzed the risk of interstitial lung changes using multiple logistic regression analysis. The urinary copper levels were significantly positively correlated with age, body mass index, serum white blood cell count, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, creatinine, triglycerides, fasting glucose, and glycated hemoglobin and significantly negatively correlated with platelet count and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The study found that the highest quartile of urinary copper levels (Q4) was significantly associated with an increased risk of bronchiectasis compared to the lowest quartile (Q1) of urinary copper levels, with an odds ratio (OR) of 3.49 and a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.12-10.88. However, the association between urinary copper levels and interstitial lung disease needs further investigation in future studies.
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