Background and objective The global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) is increasing and COPD patients are at higher risk for all‐cause mortality. We aimed …

Background Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most
deadly, prevalent, and costly chronic diseases, no comprehensive estimates of the risk of …

Background Current risk factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease mortality focus
only on overall and respiratory death. We investigated whether risk factors for each specific …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable
disease with a prevalence of more than 10% worldwide among adults 40 years and older …

Background and objective Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) incidence,
prevalence, mortality and socioeconomic burden are considerable and vary across …

Introduction Comorbidities are common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD). Estimates of prevalence, incidence and prognostic impact of comorbidities …

Although total mortality has decreased dramatically over the past 30 years, driven largely by
successful reductions in deaths from cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), mortality from chronic …

Background Life expectancy is significantly shorter for patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) than the general population. Concurrent diseases are known to …

Background In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the role of specific
comorbidities on all-cause mortality is of major interest particularly with a database …

Background The long-term natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
in terms of successive severe exacerbations and mortality is unknown. Methods The authors …