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Risk of fall in patients with COPD

Hakamy, Ali; Bolton, Charlotte E.; Gibson, Jack E.; McKeever, Tricia M.

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Authors

Ali Hakamy

Jack E. Gibson

TRICIA MCKEEVER tricia.mckeever@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics



Abstract

A matched cohort study was conducted to determine the incidence of falls in patients following a diagnosis of COPD using a UK primary care database. 44 400 patients with COPD and 175?545 non-COPD subjects were identified. The incidence rate of fall per 1000 person-years in patients with COPD was higher (44.9; 95%?CI 44.1 to 45.8) compared with non-COPD subjects (24.1; 95%?CI 23.8 to 24.5) (P

Citation

Hakamy, A., Bolton, C. E., Gibson, J. E., & McKeever, T. M. (2018). Risk of fall in patients with COPD. Thorax, 73(11), 1079-1080. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211008

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 26, 2018
Online Publication Date Mar 21, 2018
Publication Date 2018-11
Deposit Date Apr 6, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Thorax
Print ISSN 0040-6376
Electronic ISSN 1468-3296
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 73
Issue 11
Pages 1079-1080
DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211008
Keywords COPD, Falls. Balance, epidemiology
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/921266
Publisher URL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/21/thoraxjnl-2017-211008

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