Metabolic syndrome; frequency and its relationship with variable parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Metabolic syndrome; frequency and its relationship with variable parameters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has many extrapulmonary comorbidities, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) is one of them. Scant data are available on MetS in Egyptian patients with COPD. Objective The purpose of the current research was to determine the frequency and clin...

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Main Authors: Azza Farag Said El-toney, Bahaa Ibrahim Mohamed, Emad Allam Abd-Elnaeem, Alaa Shaban Ismail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-05-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Subjects:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
metabolic syndrome
pulmonary function tests
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_51_18

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