Why Is BMI Related to COPD? Is It All in the Genes?

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Apr 9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202403-0601ED. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Ana I Hernández Cordero¹, Don D Sin²

Affiliations

¹ The University of British Columbia, 8166, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² University of Alberta, Medicine, Edmonton, Canada; don.sin@hli.ubc.ca.

PMID: 38593419
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202403-0601ED

No abstract available

Keywords: BMI; COPD; genetics; mortality.