Women, smokers, and patients with a high starting FEV 1 %Pred had a faster FEV 1 %Pred decline (all p < 0.05), and there was a tendency for patients with a lower BMI to have a faster decline, but this did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.052).
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Airway and systemic inflammation and decline in lung function in patients with COPD.
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The relationship between sputum IL-8 and bacterial load just failed to reach statistical significance (ρ = 0.220, p = 0.067, n = 70).