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SUBMITTER: Kahnert K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5432186 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kahnert Kathrin K Lucke Tanja T Huber Rudolf M RM Behr Jürgen J Biertz Frank F Vogt Anja A Watz Henrik H Alter Peter P Fähndrich Sebastian S Bals Robert R Holle Rolf R Karrasch Stefan S Söhler Sandra S Wacker Margarethe M Ficker Joachim H JH Parhofer Klaus G KG Vogelmeier Claus C Jörres Rudolf A RA
PloS one 20170515 5
Although hyperlipidemia is common in COPD, its relationship to comorbidities, risk factors and lung function in COPD has not been studied in detail. Using the baseline data of the COSYCONET cohort we addressed this question. Data from 1746 COPD patients (GOLD stage 1-4; mean age 64.6 y, mean FEV1%pred 57%) were evaluated, focusing on the comorbidities hyperlipidemia, diabetes and cardiovascular complex (CVC; including arterial hypertension, cardiac failure, ischemic heart disease). Risk factors ...[more]