Prevalence of, and risk factors for underweight or excess weight in patients with chronic obstructive emphysema from a multiethnic region of Xinjiang, China.

Conclusions: This study highlighted the prevalence of underweight and excess weight in patients among emphysema. Comorbidities were important risk factors of underweight or excess weight among chronic emphysema patients. These findings were important for the prevention and treatment of chronic obstructive emphysema in the future. PMID: 32343156 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Expert Rev Respir Med Source Type: research