COPD Patients Face Earlier Mortality and Higher Comorbidity Burden: Study
Written By : Dr. Shravani Dali
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2025-07-07 15:00 GMT | Update On 2025-07-08 06:24 GMT
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Researchers have found in a real-world observational retrospective cohort study that patients with COPD died at a younger age and experienced more comorbidities compared to matched controls without COPD.
Patients with COPD suffer from various comorbidities, seemingly leading to a collective increase in morbidity and mortality.
However, comorbidities with COPD have been largely unreported. Using healthcare claims data, only the deceased among around 250,000 COPD patients diagnosed in 2011– 2018 were evaluated by cause of death (cumulative incidence without competing risk) across a period of up to eight years. Results were compared with 1:1 propensity score-matched controls.
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