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Xin Wang1,2, Qianqian Liang1,2, Zheng Li1,2,3,4
1Department of Integrated Pulmonology, Fourth Clinical Medical College of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The proportion of obese or overweight patients in COPD patients is increasing. Although BMI, WC and other easy to measure indicators have been proven to be related to the risk of COPD, they cannot accurately reflect the distribution and changes of body composition, ignoring the body composition (such as fat distribution, muscle content, water content, etc.), the relationship between it and disease risk may be missed. By analyzing the correlation between different body composition indexes and COPD patients, we can provide new research ideas for the prognosis judgment or intervention of COPD disease.
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