Cardiovascular Autonomic Function and Incident COPD Hospitalizations in ARIC.
David M MacDonaldYuekai JiSelcuk AdabagAlvaro AlonsoLin Yee ChenBenjamin E HenkleStephen JuraschekFaye L NorbyPamela L LutseyKen M KunisakiPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2023)
In this large, multicenter, prospective community cohort, better cardiovascular autonomic function at baseline was associated with lower risk of subsequent hospitalization for COPD, particularly among participants without evidence of lung disease at baseline.