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- Title
Clinical characteristics of patients newly diagnosed with COPD by the fixed ratio and lower limit of normal criteria: a cross-sectional analysis of the TargetCOPD trial.
- Authors
Miller, Martin R; Haroon, Shamil; Jordan, Rachel E; Sitch, Alice J; Dickens, Andrew P; Enocson, Alexandra; Fitzmaurice, David A; Adab, Peymané
- Abstract
Background: Consensus on the definition of airflow obstruction to diagnose COPD remains unresolved.Methods: We undertook systematic case finding for COPD in primary care using the fixed ratio (FR) criterion (forced expiratory volume in 1 s/forced vital capacity [FEV1/FVC]
- Publication
International Journal of COPD, 2018, Vol 13, p1979
- ISSN
1176-9106
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/COPD.S146914