Progression of physical inactivity in COPD patients: the effect of time and climate conditions - a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Afroditi K BoutouYogini RasteHeleen DemeyerThierry TroostersMichael I Polkey Ioannis VogiatzisZafeiris LouvarisRoberto A RabinovichThys van der MolenJudith M Garcia-Aymerich Nicholas S Hopkinson

Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2019)

COPD patients demonstrate a significant decrease in PA over 1 year follow-up, which is further affected by hours of rainfall, but not by other climate considerations.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
climate change
clinical trial
cystic fibrosis