Serum inflammatory markers and nutritional status in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a systemic inflammatory disease. We investigated whether serum inflammatory markers, C-reactive protein (CRP), leptin, and nutritional status (assessed by measurement of serum levels of prealbumin and anthropometry) correlated with COPD sev...

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Main Authors: Sneh Arora, Karan Madan, Anant Mohan, Mani Kalaivani, Randeep Guleria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Lung India
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Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2019;volume=36;issue=5;spage=393;epage=398;aulast=Arora