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Physical activity is the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with COPD: a prospective cohort study.

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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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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 733 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Prospective cohort study & Cohort.

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Predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women who have never smoked: a cohort study

TL;DR: This study supports the inclusion of lung function testing in primary care settings for women over the age of 45 years who have never smoked and have a history of breathing difficulties, asthma, allergies, hay fever and sinusitis.
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Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) as a Potential Prognostic Tool for Exacerbation of COPD in Elderly Patients

TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the relationship between nutritional indicators and prognosis in elderly subjects with COPD and found that the combination of CAT and PNI improved the prediction of exacerbations in the elderly subjects.
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Impaired regenerative capacity contributes to skeletal muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

TL;DR: An overall description of the process, the tools available to mechanistically investigate it, and the potential role of mitochondrially-driven metabolic signals on the regulation muscle regeneration after injury in COPD are provided.
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Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows

TL;DR: Assessing the total lung capacity is indispensable in establishing a restrictive ventilatory defect or in diagnosing abnormal lung distensibility, as may occur in patients …
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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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Salmeterol and fluticasone propionate and survival in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: The reduction in death from all causes among patients with COPD in the combination-therapy group did not reach the predetermined level of statistical significance, and there were significant benefits in all other outcomes among these patients.
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