Association of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome with coronary artery disease, cardiac dysrhythmia and heart failure: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients with asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) share common risk factors. However, the association between ACOS and the incidence of CVDs has not been reported. This study investigated the relationship between CVDs and ACOS in the general population.

Setting

Data were obtained from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database for the period 2000 to 2010.

Participants

The ACOS cohort comprised patients (n=5814) who had received a diagnosis of asthma and COPD. The non-ACOS cohort comprised patients who had not received a diagnosis of asthma or COPD and were matched to the ACOS cohort (2:1) by age, sex and index date (n=11 625).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

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SUBMITTER: Yeh JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640024 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature