Persistently low blood eosinophils identify a high-risk phenotype in COPD.

BMC Pulm Med · 2026 · PMC13041083 · PMID 41742158

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All-cause mortality during follow-up showed a trend towards statistically significant difference across the groups ( p = 0.053), with the highest proportion of deaths occurring in the LL group (51.4%) compared to the HH (29.3%) and VAR (30.5%) groups.

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Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated a borderline significant difference in survival probability (log-rank p = 0.059), with the LL group exhibiting the poorest survival (Fig. 6 A).

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During follow-up, the VAR group exhibited a significantly lower risk of hospitalized exacerbations in Year 1 compared to the LL group (IRR 0.39, 95% CI 0.17–0.88, p = 0.024), although other outcomes did not reach statistical significance, likely due to the smaller sample size.

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