What is the impact of different spirometric criteria on the prevalence of spirometrically defined COPD and its comorbidities? Results from the population-based KORA study

BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing debate about the appropriate spirometric criterion for airway obstruction to detect COPD. Furthermore, the association of different criteria with comorbidity prevalence and inflammatory biomarkers in advanced age is unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Spirometry was perfo...

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Pubblicato in:Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
Autori principali: Karrasch, Stefan, Brüske, Irene, Smith, Maia P, Thorand, Barbara, Huth, Cornelia, Ladwig, Karl-Heinz, Kronenberg, Florian, Heinrich, Joachim, Holle, Rolf, Peters, Annette, Schulz, Holger
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993254/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27574413
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S104529
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