Open AccessImpact of Frailty on the Risk of Exacerbations and All-Cause Mortality in Elderly Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Author(s) -
Jia Luo,
Dai Zhang,
Wen Tang,
Liyang Dou,
Sun Ying
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s303852
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , exacerbation , poisson regression , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , rate ratio , confidence interval , population , physics , environmental health , optics
For the high prevalence of frail in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), further study should explore an in-depth understanding of the relationship between frailty and prognosis of COPD.