Body composition changes in male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Aging or disease process?

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mainly affects middle-age and elderly adults. It is unclear if the presence of muscle wasting and fat accumulation in patients with COPD is age or disease-related. This study investigated the effect of age and COPD disease severity on body com...

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Autores principales: Lee, Li-Wen, Lin, Chieh-Mo, Li, Hung-Chou, Hsiao, Pei-Lin, Chung, An-Chi, Hsieh, Chu-Jung, Wu, Pi-Chi, Hsu, Shu-Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5507284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28700654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180928

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5507284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28700654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180928

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