Comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Related to disease severity

José Echave-Sustaeta,Lorena Comeche Casanova,Borja G. Cosío,Juan-José Soler-Cataluña,Ricardo García-Luján,Xavier Daura i Ribera

Comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Related to disease severity

2014

José Echave-Sustaeta
Lorena Comeche Casanova
Borja G. Cosío
Juan-José Soler-Cataluña
Ricardo García-Luján
Xavier Daura i Ribera

Background and objective Several diseases commonly co-exist with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially in elderly patients. This study aimed to investigate whether there is an association between COPD severity and the frequency of comorbidities in stable COPD patients.

Keywords:

Physical therapy
Severity of illness
Comorbidity
Intensive care medicine
Disease
Cross-sectional study
Lung
Spirometry
COPD
Medicine
Vital capacity
disease severity
Obstructive lung disease
Demographics
Multivariate analysis
pulmonary disease

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