The observed link between anxiety/depression and COPD may be largely confounded by cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence.
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Clinicians should account for smoking history in anxiety-COPD evaluations; leaves open independent effects in prospective, adjusted studies.
Goodwin et al. (2011) studied this question.
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