β-Blocker Therapy and Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – A Danish Nationwide Study of 1·3 Million Individuals

Background: The possible association between β-adrenoceptor antagonists (β-blockers) and risk of COPD is controversial. The objective of the present study was to test whether β-blocker use is associated with susceptibility to the disease. Methods: A total of 301,542 new users of β-blockers and 1,000...

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Main Authors: Anne Orholm Nielsen, Lars Pedersen, Birgitte Fischer Sode, Morten Dahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537019300045