Clinical and Radiological Features Between Patients with Stable COPD from Plateau and Flatlands: A Comparative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COPD patients living in Tibet are exposed to specific environments and different risk factors and probably have different characteristics of COPD from those living in flatlands. We aimed to describe the distinction between stable COPD patients permanently residing at the Tibet plateau and those in flatlands.

Methods

We conducted an observational cross-sectional study that enrolled stable COPD patients from Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital (Plateau Group) and Peking University Third Hospital (Flatland Group), respectively. Their demographic information, clinical features, spirometry test, blood routine and high-resolution chest CT were collected and evaluated.

Results

A total of 182 stable COPD patients (82 from plateau and 100 from flatland) were c

SUBMITTER: Jiang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10187581 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature