Longitudinal anemia status and risk for adverse outcomes in former smokers with COPD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anemia is a prevalent comorbidity in COPD associated with increased morbidity. However, the significance of longitudinal anemia status and variation in anemia status trends over time in COPD are not known. Furthermore, individuals with COPD and smoking history often have multiple comorbidities, in particular cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between longitudinal anemia status and COPD outcomes, accounting for comorbid cardiovascular disease.

Methods

Serial hemoglobin measures and clinical outcomes were obtained in former smokers with moderate to severe COPD from two clinical studies over a 6-to-9-month period. In the first analysis, the association between repeated measures of time-varying anemia status and outcome

SUBMITTER: Kunitomo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11660789 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature