Comparison of the Determinants of the "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Assessment Test" (CAT) and the "Asthma Control Test" (ACT) in Patients with Asthma-COPD Overlap.

The results of this comparison showed that the patients with worse CAT but better ACT scores (n = 28, 71.8% of discordant) had significantly higher body mass indexes (BMIs), lower COTE comorbidity indexes and better FEV1/FVC ratios and also showed a trend towards younger age and better FEV1 scores (mL) compared with those with good CAT but poor ACT scores ( Table 5 ). 4.

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