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RT-S, IBW and MIP contributed equally. Contributors MIP, DM, JRF, CMM, CEB, JRC, WM, JF, NSG, MF, JRC, DAL, PMAC, BEM, RT-S and IBW all made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work. MIP, DM, JRF, MA, CMM, CEB, JRC, WM, JF, MM, SN, NSG, MF and IBW made substantial contributions to the acquisition and analysis of data for the work.
Cardiovascular and skeletal muscle manifestations constitute important comorbidities in COPD, with systemic inflammation proposed as a common mechanistic link. Fibrinogen has prognostic role in COPD. We aimed to determine whether aortic stiffness and quadriceps weakness are linked in COPD, and whether they are associated with the systemic inflammatory mediator—fibrinogen.
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