Comorbidities and Risk of Mortality in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Divo, Miguel; Côté, Claudia; P. de‐Torres, Juan; Casanova, Ciro; M. Marı́n, José; Pinto-Plata, Víctor; J. Zulueta, Javier; Cabrera, Carlos; Zagaceta, Jorge; M. Hunninghake, Gary; R. Celli, Bartolomé

doi:10.1164/rccm.201201-0034oc

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Comorbidities and Risk of Mortality in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • May 5, 2012

Authors:

Miguel Divo

Claudia Côté

Juan P. de‐Torres

Abstract

RATIONALE: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are afflicted by comorbidities. Few studies have prospectively evaluated COPD comorbidities and mortality risk. OBJECTIVES: To prospectively evaluate COPD comorbidities and mortality risk. METHODS: We followed 1,664 patients with ...

Subject

Medicine

COPD

BODE index

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