Genetic Factors Explain Half of the Individual Susceptibility to Chronic Bronchitis, Airflow Obstruction and COPD Regardless of the Spirometric Definition: A Nationwide Twin Study
Genetic factors explain at least half of the variation in lung function and around half of the individual susceptibility to chronic bronchitis and clinical COPD, respectively, when adjusted for sex, age, height.
Authors
- Kaare Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5429-5292)
- Simon Francis Thomsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-300X)
- Howraman Meteran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5994-8064)
- Torben Sigsgaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2043-7571)
- Jacob Hjelmborg
- Martin R. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-5759)
- Vibeke Backer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7806-7219)
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Rigshospitalet (DK)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lung
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-025-00825-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- Danmarks Lungeforening
- Københavns Universitet