Non-smoking COPD: an overlooked systemic disease, modifiable by physical activity based on studying a cohort of 386,304 subjects

Conclusions: Non-smoking COPD, a sizable majority among all COPDs in this Asian cohort, is a systemic disease with multi-system extra-pulmonary involvement. Their mortality risks disappeared in the long run by those COPDs engaged in regular exercise of at least 30 min/day of moderate intensity.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Shu, C.-C., Su, T.-C., Lee, J. H., Tsai, M. K., Wen, C.-P. Tags: Clinical Problems Source Type: research