A new approach to assess COPD by identifying lung function break-points.

Eriksson, Göran; Jarenbäck, Linnea; Peterson, Stefan; Ankerst, Jaro; Bjermer, Leif; Tufvesson, Ellen

doi:10.2147/COPD.S86059

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A new approach to assess COPD by identifying lung function break-points.

Author(s): Göran Eriksson, Linnea Jarenbäck, Stefan Peterson, Jaro Ankerst, Leif Bjermer, Ellen Tufvesson

Publication date: 2015

Journal: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.

Keywords: impulse oscillometry, spirometry, body plethysmography, break-point, severity, single-breath carbon-monoxide diffusion test

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Abstract

COPD is a progressive disease, which can take different routes, leading to great heterogeneity. The aim of the post-hoc analysis reported here was to perform continuous analyses of advanced lung function measurements, using linear and nonlinear regressions.