The impact of comorbidities on mortality among men and women with COPD: report from the OLIN COPD study.

Sami SawalhaLinnea HedmanHelena BackmanNikolai StenforsEva RönmarkBo LundbäckAnne Lindberg

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2019)

There were sex-dependent differences regarding the impact of comorbidities on prognosis in COPD. Even though the prevalence of CVD was higher in men, the impact of CVD on mortality was higher in women, and despite higher prevalence of A/D in women, the impact on mortality was similar in both sexes. The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

Keyphrases

risk factors
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
cardiovascular events
lung function
polycystic ovary syndrome
pregnancy outcomes
type diabetes
systematic review
pregnant women
air pollution
insulin resistance
skeletal muscle