Respiratory exacerbations are associated with muscle loss in current and former smokers

Stefanie Elizabeth Mason; Rafael Moreta-Martinez; Wassim W Labaki; Matthew Strand; David Baraghoshi; Elizabeth A Regan; Jessica Bon; Ruben San Jose Estepar; Richard Casaburi; Merry-Lynn N McDonald; Harry Rossiter; Barry J Make; Mark T Dransfield; MeiLan K Han; Kendra A Young; Greg Kinney; John E Hokanson; Raul San Jose Estepar; George R Washko

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215999

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Respiratory exacerbations are associated with muscle loss in current and former smokers

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Stefanie Elizabeth Mason Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rafael Moreta-Martinez Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wassim W Labaki Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matthew Strand Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Baraghoshi Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elizabeth A Regan Division of Rheumatology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jessica Bon Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ruben San Jose Estepar Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Casaburi Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Merry-Lynn N McDonald Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Harry Rossiter Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Barry J Make Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark T Dransfield Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
MeiLan K Han Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kendra A Young Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Greg Kinney Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John E Hokanson Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Raul San Jose Estepar Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
George R Washko Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
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Correspondence to Dr Stefanie Elizabeth Mason, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; smason8{at}bwh.harvard.edu

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Mason SE, Moreta-Martinez R, Labaki WW COPDGene Investigators, et al

Respiratory exacerbations are associated with muscle loss in current and former smokers

Thorax 2021;76:554-560.

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Received August 18, 2020
Revised November 30, 2020
Accepted December 21, 2020
First published February 11, 2021.

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September 01, 2022

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