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Table 5 Prognostic outcomes according to different COPD definitions within the whole cohort

From: "GOLD or lower limit of normal definition? a comparison with expert-based diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a prospective cohort-study"

COPD definition

(N*)

Exacerbations of COPD

(N = 148)

Pulmonary Hospitalizations

(N = 67)

All-cause

Mortality

(N = 60)

Expert COPD (N* = 247)

114/148 (77.0%)

49/67 (73.1%)

50/60 (83.3%)

GOLD COPD (N* = 244)

114/148 (77.0%)

46/67 (68.7%)

43/60 (71.7%)

LLN: Enright [16] (N* = 142)

76/148 (51.4%)

34/67 (50.7%)

32/60 (53.3%)

LLN: Quanjer [14] (N* = 167)

88/148 (59.5%)

37/67 (55.2%)

35/60 (58.3%)

LLN: Falaschetti [17] (N* = 175)

91/148 (61.5%)

37/67 (55.2%)

35/60 (58.3%)

  1. Absolute numbers (%) of clinically relevant outcomes according to the respective definition of COPD. N* corresponds to the number of patients classified as COPD according to the individual COPD definitions. The denominator corresponds to the absolute number of events.
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Respiratory Research

ISSN: 1465-993X

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