Open Access<p>Serum Amyloid A in Stable COPD Patients is Associated with the Frequent Exacerbator Phenotype</p>
Author(s) -
Dongxing Zhao,
Asghar Abbasi,
Harry B. Rossiter,
Xiaofen Su,
Heng Liu,
Yuhong Pi,
Li Sang,
Weiyong Zhong,
Qifeng Yang,
Xiongtian Guo,
Yanyan Zhou,
Tianyang Li,
Richard Casaburi,
Nuofu Zhang
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.s266844
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , gastroenterology , quartile , exacerbation , serum amyloid a , serum amyloid a protein , inflammation , confidence interval
We sought to determine whether circulating inflammatory biomarkers were associated with the frequent exacerbator phenotype in stable COPD patients ie, those with two or more exacerbations in the previous year.