Association of inflammatory biomarkers with comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - results from the COSYCONET cohort

Conclusion: WBC correlates with disease severity and is associated with relevant comorbidities. Other classical inflammatory biomarkers did not show a clear correlation with COPD severity of existing comorbidity.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 6, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Seiler, F., Trudzinski, F. C., Alquadrah, M., Fähndrich, S., Watz, H., Jörres, R. A., Koch, A., Welte, T., Vogelmeier, C. F., Biertz, F., Bals, R. Tags: Monitoring Airway Disease Source Type: research