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SUBMITTER: Wada H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wada Hiroo H Ikeda Ai A Maruyama Koutatsu K Yamagishi Kazumasa K Barnes Peter J PJ Tanigawa Takeshi T Tamakoshi Akiko A Iso Hiroyasu H
Scientific reports 20210115 1
To clarify how low BMI and weight loss were associated with risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality, in a large prospective cohort of the general population across Japan, the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study, conducted between 1988 and 2009. A total of 45,837 male residents were observed for a median period of 19.1 years. Self-administered questionnaires, collecting information on BMI, weight loss since the age of 20, lifestyles, history of diseases, as well as records of ...[more]