In addition, the frequent use of reliever medications was related to higher CAT scores, and arrhythmia showed a trend for an increase in the CAT score.
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Impact of Clinical Factors on Generic and Disease-Specific Quality of Life in COPD and Asthma-COPD Overlap with Exacerbations.
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The EQ-5D VAS tool demonstrated a mean decrease of 2.5 points in ACO compared to COPD; however, it did not reach statistical significance.
Unexpectedly, we found a tendency between lower CAT scores and a high number of previous severe COPD-related exacerbation and the presence of obesity (trend toward significance).