Scores of Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire Worsen Consistently in Patients of COPD: Estimating Disease Progression Over 30 Years by SReFT with Individual Data Collected in SUMMIT Trial

The aim of this study was to elucidate the lifelong disease progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with biomarker changes and identify their influencing factors, by utilizing a new analysis method, Statistical Restoration of Fragmented Time-course (SReFT). Individual patient dat...

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Main Authors: Shinya Kawamatsu, Ryota Jin, Shogo Araki, Hideki Yoshioka, Hiromi Sato, Yasunori Sato, Akihiro Hisaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2676