The German COPD cohort COSYCONET: Aims, methods and descriptive analysis of the study population at baseline

• Published in: Respiratory medicine Vol. 114; pp. 27 - 37
• Main Authors: Karch, Annika, Vogelmeier, Claus, Welte, Tobias, Bals, Robert, Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich, Biederer, Jürgen, Heinrich, Joachim, Schulz, Holger, Gläser, Sven, Holle, Rolf, Watz, Henrik, Korn, Stephanie, Adaskina, Nina, Biertz, Frank, Vogel, Charlotte, Vestbo, Jørgen, Wouters, Emiel F.M., Rabe, Klaus Friedrich, Söhler, Sandra, Koch, Armin, Jörres, Rudolf A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2016; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asthma; Cardiovascular disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort; Cohort Studies; Colleges & universities; Comorbidity; COPD; Diabetes; Disease Progression; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Germany - epidemiology; Humans; Inflammation; Male; Medical imaging; Metabolic disorders; Middle Aged; Morphology; Mortality; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Observational Studies as Topic; Osteoporosis; Population; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - pathology; Pulmonary/Respiratory; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Smoking - epidemiology; Study design; Systemic inflammation; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - metabolism; Study design; Cohort; Comorbidity; Systemic inflammation; COPD; systemic inflammation; cohort; comorbidity; study design

The German COPD cohort study COSYCONET (“COPD and SYstemic consequences-COmorbidities NETwork”) investigates the interaction of lung disease, comorbidities and systemic inflammation. Recruitment took place from 2010 to 2013 in 31 study centers. In addition to the baseline visit, follow-up visits are...