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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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Pulmonary rehabilitation, physical activity and aortic stiffness in COPD.

TL;DR: Elevated aortic stiffness in COPD is potentially modifiable in a subgroup of patients during pulmonary rehabilitation and is associated with increased physical activity.
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Associations of CT evaluations of antigravity muscles, emphysema and airway disease with longitudinal outcomes in patients with COPD.

TL;DR: ESMCSA is a useful CT index that is more closely associated with long-term mortality than emphysema and airway disease in patients with COPD.
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Changes in physical activity during hospital admission for chronic respiratory disease.

TL;DR: This observational study investigated whether PA changes when a person is an inpatient, how long is required to obtain representative PA measures and whether PA varies within a day and between patients of differing lengths of stay.
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