ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Impact of diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of COPD

  1. Yunus Çolak1,*,
  2. Anders Løkke2,*,
  3. Jacob Louis Marott1,
  4. Peter Lange3,4,
  5. Jørgen Vestbo3,5

Article first published online: 22 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/crj.12007

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How to Cite

Please cite this paper as: Çolak Y, Løkke A, Marott JL, Lange P and Vestbo J. Impact of diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of COPD. Clin Respir J 2012; ●●: ●●–●●. DOI:10.1111/crj.12007.

Author Information

  1. 1

    The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

  2. 2

    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Aarhus County Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

  3. 3

    Respiratory Section, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

  4. 4

    Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

  5. 5

    Respiratory Research Group, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, South Manchester University Hospital Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK

* Correspondence
Yunus Çolak, Medical Student, The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
Tel: +45 2673 7863
Fax: +45 3531 6070
email: yunuscol@gmail.com
Anders Løkke, MD, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Aarhus County Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Tel: +45 2889 4197
Fax: +45 3531 6070
email: aloekke@gmail.com

  1. Authorship and contributorshipYÇ participated in the design and running of the study, discussed findings and analyses, and wrote the draft manuscript. AL participated in the design and running of the study, discussed findings and analyses, and helped in writing the draft. JLM participated in the design and running of the study, was responsible for all statistical analyses, and commented on the manuscript. PL participated in the design and running of the study, discussed findings and analyses, and commented on the manuscript. JV participated in the design and running of the study, discussed findings and analyses, helped in writing the draft as well as commented on the final version.

  2. EthicsThe study has been approved by local ethics committee and informed consent was obtained from all participants.

  3. Conflict of interestThe authors have stated explicitly that there are no conflicts of interest in connection with this article.

Publication History

  1. Article first published online: 22 NOV 2012
  2. Accepted manuscript online: 16 OCT 2012 09:25AM EST
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 5 OCT 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 15 AUG 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 28 MAY 2012

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