Association Between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

CONCLUSION: This systemic review and meta-analyses showed that the association between COPD and T2D might be influenced by the diagnostic method and should be further investigated in studies using diagnostic definition according to guidelines. Nevertheless, physicians should be aware of comorbidities in COPD patients. PMID: 30822245 [PubMed - in process]
Source: COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: COPD Source Type: research