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SUBMITTER: Chen CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7880986 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Chun-Chao CC Lin Cheng-Hsin CH Hao Wen-Rui WR Chiu Chun-Chih CC Fang Yu-Ann YA Liu Ju-Chi JC Sung Li-Chin LC
NPJ primary care respiratory medicine 20210212 1
The ventricular arrhythmia (VA)-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) association and related risk factors remain unclear. Using 2001-2012 data from National Health Insurance Research Database, we retrospectively reviewed 71,838 patients diagnosed as having COPD and 71,838 age- and sex-matched controls. After adjustments for comorbidities, medication, urbanization level, and monthly income, patients with COPD had higher incidence rates of VA than did the controls (adjusted hazard ratio [a ...[more]