Additional file 2: Tables S1-S7. of Eligibility of real-life patients with COPD for inclusion in trials of inhaled long-acting bronchodilator therapy

Applied definitions of inclusion criteria in the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD). Table S2. Applied definitions of COPD-related exclusion criteria in the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD). Table S3. Applied definitions of exclusion criteria related to concomitant pulmonary disease in the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD). Table S4. Applied definitions of exclusion criteria related to asthma, allergic disease and atopy in the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD). Table S5. Applied definitions of exclusion criteria related to clinically significant diseases other than COPD, asthma or allergic disease, in the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD). Table S6. Applied definitions of exclusion criteria related to other relevant conditions in the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD). Table S7. Applied definitions of exclusion criteria for specific contra-indications in the Optimum Patient Care Research Database (OPCRD). (DOCX 17 kb)