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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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Characteristics of daily arm activities in patients with COPD

TL;DR: Investigating whether and to what extent arm activities of daily living in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients differ compared to healthy controls and the extent to which they perform arm ADL at a relatively higher upper limb muscle effort found patients have a similar duration and perform arm activities at a lower intensity.
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COPD symptom burden: impact on health care resource utilization, and work and activity impairment

TL;DR: Most patients with COPD presented with high symptom levels, despite being treated for COPD, and increasing symptom burden was associated with increasing HCRU and had a detrimental impact on work productivity.
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Dysregulated adipokine metabolism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

TL;DR: In this paper, a gender-dependent dysregulation of adipokine metabolism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared with BMI-matched controls was found.
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The impact of a large-scale natural disaster on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

TL;DR: The large-scale natural disaster that hit Japan in 2011 had a serious negative impact on the clinical outcomes of COPD patients in the disaster-affected area, with a significantly increased number of hospitalizations due to COPD exacerbations.
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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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