Association of metabolic syndrome with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an Indian population.

Lung India · 2016 · PMC4948225 · PMID 27578930

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did not reach statistical significanceP < 0.096so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

a strong trendno p-value reported

Using the NCEP ATP III criteria, there was a strong trend of higher proportion of MS (44.15%) in COPD as compared to non-COPD (31.16%); however, the difference did not reach statistical significance ( P < 0.096).

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