Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) present with an advanced form
of age-related muscle loss or sarcopenia. Among multiple pathomechanisms of sarcopenia …

Purpose COPD is a multisystem disease and there is a need for clinical serum markers that
can assess the decline in lung and muscle function in COPD. The goal of this study was to …

Skeletal muscle dysfunction and reduced physical capacity are characteristic features of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the search for a reliable …

Background Forced vital capacity (FVC) reflects respiratory health, but the long-term trend
and heterogeneity in FVC of Chinese students were understudied. Methods Data were from …

Reduced lung function is associated with cardiovascular mortality, but the relationships with
atherosclerosis are unclear. The population-based Swedish CArdioPulmonary BioImage …

Aim To investigate the associations of diabetes, prediabetes and diabetes duration with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk and survival in the UK Biobank …

Introduction Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a subtype of pulmonary function
abnormality which is characterized by a proportional reduction in non-obstructive expiratory …

Myogenesis is the biological process by which skeletal muscle tissue forms. Regulation of
myogenesis involves a variety of conventional, epigenetic, and epigenomic mechanisms …

Abstract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive and debilitating
respiratory condition affecting millions worldwide. Respiratory disease affects quality of life …

Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the availability of the Integrated Pulmonary Index
(IPI) score in predicting the risk of the major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) in …