After adjusting for age, gender, height, smoking status, pack year, alcohol status, body mass index (BMI), exercise and urinary creatinine, significant dose–response associations of urinary iron with ...

Objective Long-term azithromycin treatment effectively prevents acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

In multivariate regression analysis, only gender (p < 0.001) and FEV 1 /FVC ratio (p < 0.001) predicted total LAA%. Conclusions: At all stages of COPD severity, men have more CT emphysema than women.

Emerging data strongly suggest that COPD is a heterogeneous disease with varying clinical phenotypes. [15] Although airflow limitation is the defining feature of COPD, there are many differences ...

Spotting after penetration may be a sign of small scratches or tears. In some cases, bleeding may be related to an infection or other underlying condition. Fingering can be a fun and relatively ...