Relative lymphocyte count as an indicator of 3-year mortality in elderly people with severe COPD.

Domenico AcanforaPietro ScicchitanoMauro CaroneChiara AcanforaGiuseppe PiscosquitoRoberto MaestriAnnapaola ZitoIlaria DentamaroMarialaura LongobardiGerardo CasucciRaffaele Antonelli-IncalziMarco Matteo Ciccone

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2018)

Low relative lymphocyte count was associated with higher mortality in elderly patients with severe COPD.

Keyphrases

peripheral blood
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
cardiovascular events
lung function
early onset
risk factors
drug induced
coronary artery disease