Gender-specific disease trajectories prior to the onset of COPD allow individualized screening and early intervention.

Publikation

Gender-specific disease trajectories prior to the onset of COPD allow individualized screening and early intervention.

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 07.07.2023

Hagmann Michelle, Baty Florent, Rassouli Frank, Maeder Micha, Brutsche Martin

Zitation

Hagmann M, Baty F, Rassouli F, Maeder M, Brutsche M. Gender-specific disease trajectories prior to the onset of COPD allow individualized screening and early intervention. PloS one 2023; 18:e0288237.

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

PloS one 2023; 18

Veröffentlichungsdatum

07.07.2023

eISSN (Online)

1932-6203

Seiten

e0288237

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

Nation-wide hospitalization databases include diagnostic information at the level of an entire population over an extended period of time. Comorbidity network and early disease development can be unveiled. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an underdiagnosed condition for which it is crucial to identify early disease indicators. The identification of gender-specific conditions preceding the onset of COPD may reveal disease progression patterns allowing for early diagnosis and intervention. The objective of the study was to investigate the antecedent hospitalization history of patients newly diagnosed with COPD and to retrace a gender-specific trajectory of coded entities prior to the onset of COPD.