Relationship of hyperlipidemia to comorbidities and lung function in COPD: Results of the COSYCONET cohort.

Relationship of hyperlipidemia to comorbidities and lung function in COPD: Results of the COSYCONET cohort.

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%pr...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Kahnert, Tanja Lucke, Rudolf M Huber, Jürgen Behr, Frank Biertz, Anja Vogt, Henrik Watz, Peter Alter, Sebastian Fähndrich, Robert Bals, Rolf Holle, Stefan Karrasch, Sandra Söhler, Margarethe Wacker, Joachim H Ficker, Klaus G Parhofer, Claus Vogelmeier, Rudolf A Jörres, COSYCONET consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5432186?pdf=render

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