Association of blood eosinophil counts with pulmonary and extrapulmonary comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: data from NHANES 2013–2018
In COPD, higher BEC (≥ 300 cells/µL) is significantly associated with extrapulmonary comorbidities, particularly congestive heart failure and renal dysfunction, but not pulmonary comorbidities.
Authors
- Chunlan Ma
- Chenyun He
- Yongsheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7450-0006)
- Hong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0716-7546)
- Xiaobo Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5467-9512)
- Yongtao Wen
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-03734-6
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00