Comparison of clinical baseline characteristics between Asian and Western COPD patients in a prospective, international, multicenter study
| Autor: | Cristina Esquinas, Caroline Gouder, Marc Miravitlles, Augustine Tee, Therese Sophie Lapperre, Richard W. Costello, Juan Luis García-Rivero, Anu Kemppinen, Victoria Carter, Bernardino Alcázar, Juan José Soler-Cataluña, Chin Kook Rhee, Kyu Yean Kim, Miguel Román-Rodríguez, David Price, Jessica Han Ying Tan, Pawel Sliwinski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
COPD Exacerbation Copd patients business.industry Pulmonary disease General Medicine medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030228 respiratory system Multicenter study Baseline characteristics Internal medicine Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Prospective cohort study Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 14:1595-1601 |
| ISSN: | 1178-2005 |
| DOI: | 10.2147/copd.s208245 |
| Popis: | We aimed to compare clinical characteristics between Asian and Western chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. This was a sub-analysis of an international, multicenter, prospective cohort study. Asian patients were enrolled in Singapore and South Korea. Western patients were enrolled in Spain, Poland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Malta. A total of 349 patients were analyzed. Among them, 110 (32%) patients were Asian and 239 (68%) Western. Male sex was more predominant in Asian than in Western (95% versus 63%, respectively; P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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