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Baseline characteristics from a 3-year longitudinal study to phenotype subjects with COPD: the FOOTPRINTS study.
Respiratory research - 17 Nov 2023
Crapo James D, Gupta Abhya, Lynch David A, Turner Alice M, Mroz Robert M, Janssens Wim, Ludwig-Sengpiel Andrea, Koegler Harald, Eleftheraki Anastasia, Risse Frank, Diefenbach Claudia
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BACKGROUND: FOOTPRINTS® is a prospective, longitudinal, 3-year study assessing the association between biomarkers of inflammation/lung tissue destruction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity and progression in ex-smokers with mild-to-severe COPD. Here, we present baseline characteristics and select biomarkers of study subjects. METHODS: The methodology of FOOTPRINTS® has been published...
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