… In contrast, the annual decline of FEV 1 (p = 0.019) but not that of TLCO or cardiovascular …
coronary artery disease and hypertension were predictors of increased mortality in COPD, but …

… In our patients, the predictors of PH were FEV 1 and volume overload, suggesting that
both airway obstruction and post capillary mechanisms participated in increased pulmonary …

… of the risk of death among both normal subjects and those with cardiovascular disease. In …
of 689 patients who had COPD, IC/TLC was found to be an important independent predictor of …

… cardiovascular mortality. Despite this strong association, the presence of cardiovascular
comorbidities in COPD patients as predictors … number of patients with COPD who underwent an …

… This study provided two predictive models to identify CVD risk in COPD patients. The AUC
was 0.741 in the logistic regression model, and age, gender, BMI, HDL, HbA1c, family history …

… mortality of patients with mild and severe COPD.28, 29 However, no noninvasive assessments
of cardiovascular status have been established as predictors of mortality in stable COPD. …

… A prognostic model or adequate assessment of prognostic predictors in primary care patients
with COPD is lacking. This is an important shortcoming because nowadays the majority of …

… predictors of overall and cardiovascular mortality. Similar to our findings, a study with 707
patients with COPD, … the BODE index was a better predictor of the survival of these individuals …

… Summary Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ranks fourth as a cause of death
… present in patients with COPD, many die from other diseases such as cardiac disease or …

… association of depressive symptoms in stable patients with COPD with all-cause mortality. …
in stable patients with COPD are associated with their subsequent all-cause mortality. …