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Physical Activity Is the Strongest Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in Patients With COPD: A Prospective Cohort Study

R.J. Shephard
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
- Vol. 2012, pp 274-276
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This article is published in Yearbook of Sports Medicine.The article was published on 2012-01-01. It has received 420 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Retrospective cohort study & Prospective cohort study.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

TL;DR: Without a global political and economic effort to reduce tobacco use, to regulate environmental exposure, and to find alternatives to the massive use of biomass fuel, COPD will remain a major health-care problem for decades to come.
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The Body-Mass Index, Airflow Obstruction, Dyspnea, and Exercise Capacity Index in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

TL;DR: The BODE index, a simple multidimensional grading system, is better than the FEV1 at predicting the risk of death from any cause and from respiratory causes among patients with COPD.
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Regular physical activity reduces hospital admission and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population based cohort study

TL;DR: The recommendation that COPD patients be encouraged to maintain or increase their levels of regular physical activity should be considered in future COPD guidelines, since it is likely to result in a relevant public health benefit.
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Physical activity is the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with COPD: a prospective cohort study.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors determined the prognostic value of objectively measured physical activity in comparison with established predictors of mortality and evaluated the prognosis value of noninvasive assessments of cardiovascular status, biomarkers of systemic inflammation, and adipokines.
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Physical activity in patients with COPD

TL;DR: Physical activity is reduced in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage II/ body mass index, airway obstruction, dyspnoea, exercise capacity score 1.