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Impact of the spirometric definition on comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Aug 2021
Meteran Howraman, Thomsen Simon Francis, Miller Martin R, Hjelmborg Jacob, Sigsgaard Torben, Backer Vibeke
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about how the spirometric definition of airway obstruction affects the association between COPD and comorbidities and whether these associations might be due to genetic predisposition. AIM: 1) To examine the impact of the spirometric definition on the associations between COPD and its comorbidities and 2) To examine whether these associations can be explained by shared genetic or...
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