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Fibrinogen, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd) And Outcomes In Two United States Cohorts, Deepa Valvi, David M. Mannino, Hana Mullerova, Ruth Tal-Singer
Fibrinogen, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd) And Outcomes In Two United States Cohorts, Deepa Valvi, David M. Mannino, Hana Mullerova, Ruth Tal-Singer
David M. Mannino
Background
Fibrinogen is a marker of systemic inflammation and may be important in the pathogenesis and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Methods
We used baseline data from Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities and Cardiovascular Health Studies to determine the relation between fibrinogen levels and COPD and to examine how fibrinogen levels at baseline affected outcomes of death, development of COPD, lung function decline, and COPD-hospitalizations.
Results
Our study sample included 20,192 subjects, of whom 2995 died during the follow-up period. The mean fibrinogen level was 307.6 mg/dL and 10% of the sample had levels >393.0 mg/dL. Subjects with Stage …
Preventing Copd: Evidence Of Progress, David M. Mannino
Preventing Copd: Evidence Of Progress, David M. Mannino
David M. Mannino
Comment on
Trends in hospitalization with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-United States, 1990-2005. [COPD. 2010]
Trends in mortality from COPD in selected U.S. States differing in tobacco control efforts. [COPD. 2010]