Association between metabolic score for visceral fat and adverse outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

BMJ Open Respir Res · 2026 · PMC12778229 · PMID 41494698

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.074so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Kaplan-Meier curves further demonstrated higher cumulative incidence of all-cause mortality, CVD mortality, PHD, PE and HF in the highest versus the lowest METS-VF quartile (log-rank p<0.001 for all), whereas the difference in COPD-specific mortality did not reach statistical significance (log-rank p=0.074; online supplemental figure S3 ).

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