Disease-Specific Comorbidity Clusters in COPD and Accelerated Aging.
Filip J J TriestFrits M E FranssenNiki ReynaertSwetlana GaffronMartijn A. SpruitDaisy J A JanssenErica P A RuttenEmiel F M WoutersLowie E G W VanfleterenPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2019)
Two COPD-specific comorbidity clusters, a "Cachectic" and "Psychologic" cluster, were identified and warrant further studies regarding their development. Accelerated aging was present across various multimorbidity clusters in COPD.