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However, the study did not reach statistical significance, possibly due to the fact that it was performed in the summer period, when the hospital admission rate was lower than expected [ 39 ].

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Nevertheless, patients who received TM exhibited a significant trend toward fewer admissions during the study period compared with the previous year (1 (0–2) admission/year during study period compared to 2 (1–4) admissions/year during the year before, p = 0.052), implying that matching in terms of history of prior admissions instead of disease severity and smoking habit may have altered conclusions [ 35 ].

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