Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2679217 | Primary Care Diabetes | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The presence of diabetes in patients with COPD shows in the bivariate analysis a more severe lung disease, greater co-morbidity, poorer quality of life, and a greater consumption of resources, as well as a less favorable course in the previous year. However, the multivariate logistic regression shows that the variables that are independently associated to COPD among diabetic patients are higher age, higher BMI, concomitant chronic heart disease, use of inhaled corticoids, physical and mental component of quality of life questionnaire and total cost of COPD.
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Authors
Rodrigo Jimenez-Garcia, Javier de Miguel-DÃez, Javier Rejas-Gutierrez, Antonio MartÃn-Centeno, Elena Gobartt-Vázquez, Valentin Hernandez-Barrera, Angel Gil de Miguel, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido,