Article
Emphysema and extrapulmonary tissue loss in COPD: a multi-organ loss of tissue phenotype.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Feb 2018
Celli Bartolome R, Locantore Nicholas, Tal-Singer Ruth, Riley John, Miller Bruce, Vestbo Jørgen, Yates Julie C, Silverman Edwin K, Owen Caroline A, Divo Miguel, Pinto-Plata Victor, Wouters Emiel F M, Faner Rosa, Agusti Alvar
Abstract excerpt
We tested whether emphysema progression accompanies enhanced tissue loss in other body compartments in 1817 patients from the ECLIPSE chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cohort.Clinical and selected systemic biomarker measurements were compared in subjects grouped by quantitative tomography scan emphysema quartiles using the percentage of low attenuation area (LAA%). Lowest and highest quartile patients...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers
- Body Mass Index
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Humans
- Lung
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
