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Phenotypic comparison between smoking and non-smoking chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Respiratory research - 12 Feb 2020
Salvi Sundeep S, Brashier Bill B, Londhe Jyoti, Pyasi Kanchan, Vincent Vandana, Kajale Shilpa S, Tambe Sajid, Mandani Kuldeep, Nair Arjun, Mak Sze Mun, Madas Sapna, Juvekar Sanjay, Donnelly Louise E, Barnes Peter J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although COPD among non-smokers (NS-COPD) is common, little is known about this phenotype. We compared NS-COPD subjects with smoking COPD (S-COPD) patients in a rural Indian population using a variety of clinical, physiological, radiological, sputum cellular and blood biomarkers. METHODS: Two hundred ninety subjects (118 healthy, 79 S-COPD, 93 NS-COPD) performed pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry...
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