Disease Progression and Age as Factors Underlying Multimorbidity in Patients with COPD: Results from COSYCONET.
Peter AlterKathrin KahnertFranziska C TrudzinskiRobert BalsHenrik WatzTim SpeicherSandra SöhlerStefan AndreasTobias WelteKlaus Friedrich RabeEmiel F M WoutersAntonia Sassmann-SchwedaHubert WirtzJoachim H FickerClaus F VogelmeierRudolf A JoerresPublished in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2022)
Analyzing the increasing prevalence of multimorbidity in COPD over time, we separated age-independent contributions, probably reflecting intrinsic COPD-related disease progression, from age-dependent contributions. This distinction might be useful for the individual assessment of disease progression in COPD.