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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Oelsner EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5903958 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thorax 20171026 5
Emphysema on CT is associated with accelerated lung function decline in heavy smokers and patients with COPD; however, in the general population, it is not known whether greater emphysema-like lung on CT is associated with incident COPD. We used data from 2045 adult participants without initial prebronchodilator airflow limitation, classified by FEV<sub>1</sub>/FVC<0.70, in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Emphysema-like lung on baseline cardiac CT, defined as per cent low attenuation ...[more]