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To estimate the population prevalence of concurrent asthma and COPD diagnoses and evaluate the broad spectrum of comorbid disorders associated with this dual condition.

October 21, 2020Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Comorbidity profile of patients with concurrent diagnoses of asthma and COPD in Germany

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To estimate the population prevalence of concurrent asthma and COPD diagnoses and evaluate the broad spectrum of comorbid disorders associated with this dual condition.
Analyzed nationwide German outpatient claims data from 2017 covering 40,477,745 statutory health insurees aged 40 years and older.
Identified patients using ICD-10 codes J44 (COPD) and J45 (asthma) and evaluated the odds of 1,060 comorbid conditions using a case-control design.
Concurrent asthma and COPD was diagnosed in 1.5% of insurees (1.6% in females vs. 1.4% in males), accounting for 13% of the 4,632,295 individuals diagnosed with either condition.
Thirty-one comorbid conditions demonstrated strong associations with concurrent asthma/COPD (odds ratio > 10), notably including other respiratory diseases, mycobacterial infections such as tuberculosis, and fungal infections such as aspergillosis and sporotrichosis.

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Case-control study reveals widespread respiratory, bacterial, and fungal comorbidities in adults with concurrent asthma and COPD, highlighting the necessity of multidisciplinary clinical care.

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Akmatov et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aae4035f527250ec8cd5e75 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74966-1

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Case-control study reveals widespread respiratory, bacterial, and fungal comorbidities in adults with concurrent asthma and COPD, highlighting the necessity of multidisciplinary clinical care.

Comorbidity profile of patients with concurrent diagnoses of asthma and COPD in Germany

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Comorbidity profile of patients with concurrent diagnoses of asthma and COPD in Germany

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