Open Access<p>Unique Mortality Profile in Japanese Patients with COPD: An Analysis from the Hokkaido COPD Cohort Study</p>
Author(s) -
Hironi Makita,
Masaru Suzuki,
Satoshi Konno,
Kaoruko Shimizu,
Yasuyuki Nasuhara,
Katsura Nagai,
Yasushi Akiyama,
Satoshi Fuke,
Hiroshi Saitô,
Takeshi Igarashi,
Kimihiro Takeyabu,
Masaharu Nishimura
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s264437
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , interquartile range , cause of death , lung cancer , mortality rate , cohort , cohort study , pneumonia , disease
Causes of death may be unique and different in Japanese patients with COPD because they are generally older, thinner, experience fewer exacerbations, and live longer than those in other countries. We investigated the detailed mortality profile in the Hokkaido COPD cohort study, which completed a 10-year follow-up with a very low dropout rate.