Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases:Journal of the COPD Foundation

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Association of Mucus Plugging and Body Mass Index in Patients With Advanced COPD GOLD 3/4 With Emphysema

Jacopo Saccomanno, MD1* Thomas Elgeti2* Stephanie Spiegel1 Eva Pappe1 Thomas Sgarbossa1 Antonia Petersen2 Konrad Neumann3 Marcus A. Mall4,5,6 Martin Witzenrath1,7 Ralf-Harto Hübner1

Citation: Saccomanno J, Elgeti T, Spiegel S, et al. Association of mucus plugging and body mass index in patients with advanced COPD GOLD 3/4 with emphysema. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2025; Published online October 3, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.2025.0617


Body Mass Index and Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Adults: Analysis of 2 Population-Based Studies in 4 South American Countries

Anderson N. Soriano-Moreno1,2 Andres G. Lescano1 Robert H. Gilman3 J. Jaime Miranda4 Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz4 Adolfo Rubinstein5 Laura Gutierrez5 Vilma Irazola5 Robert A. Wise6 William Checkley, MD, PhD2,6

Citation: Soriano-Moreno AN, Lescano AG, Gilman RH, et al. Body mass index and bronchodilator responsiveness in adults: analysis of 2 population-based studies in 4 South American countries. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2025; Published online October 3, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.2025.0608


Sex-Associated Radiographic and Clinical Differences in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Pulmonary Disease

Bryan Garcia, MD1* Matthew Mullins, BSc2*Lindsay Lim, MD, DTMH 3 German Henostroza, MD3 Camilla Margaroli, PhD4

Citation: Garcia B, Mullins M, Lim L, Henostroza G, Margaroli C. Sex-associated radiographic and clinical differences in nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2025; Published online October 3, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.2025.0622


Tiotropium in Patients With Airflow Limitation According to the Fixed Ratio But Not the Lower Limit of Normal: A Secondary Analysis of the Tiotropium in Early-COPD Study

Kunning Zhou, MD1* Fan Wu, MD, PhD1* Zhishan Deng, MD, PhD1 Qi Wan, MD Suying Huang, MD1,2 Nanshan Zhong, MD, PhD1,2 Yumin Zhou, MD, PhD1,2 Pixin Ran, MD, PhD1,2 on behalf of the ECOPD study investigators

Citation: Zhou K, Wu F, Deng Z, et al. Tiotropium in patients with airflow limitation according to the fixed ratio but not the lower limit of normal: a secondary analysis of the Tiotropium in Early-COPD study. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2025; Published online October 3, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.15326/jcopdf.2025.0629