Patterns of Comorbidities in Newly Diagnosed COPD and Asthma in Primary Care

Asthma-related comorbidities

“…A total of 60% of adult asthma patients had at least one condition, and 12% had three or more. They also found an increased prevalence of comorbidities including various respiratory, cardiac and neurological conditions, injuries and poisonings, in individuals with asthma compared with those without asthma [6]. In both COPD and asthma, the total sum of diagnoses associated with 23 major organ systems was higher than in their matched population controls.…”

“…Among the most frequently contributing comorbid conditions reported in asthmatic patients are rhinitis, sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hormonal disorders and psychopathologies, although other conditions, sometimes without an evident link with asthma, have been found to be highly prevalent in asthmatic patients (Figure 1) [5,6]. Indeed, analyses of large databases have shown an increased prevalence of a variety of conditions in asthmatic patients, which either influence or do not influence asthma outcomes.…”

“…Soriano et al estimated the prevalence of comorbid diseases from an administrative data-based study including 7931 patients with asthma and matched controls [6]. The most prevalent associated condition in adult asthmatic patients was time-limited minor infections while others with a high impact and/or high prevalence were depression, hypertension, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, degenerative joint disease, cardiac arrhythmia, cancer, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular disease and COPD.…”

Prevalence of COPD in Primary Care Clinics: Correlation with Non-Respiratory Diseases

“…Because COPD often develops in long-time smokers in middle age, patients often have a variety of other diseases related to either smoking or aging (9). In contrast, systemic consequences may be secondary to the lung disease, probably via the release of inflammatory mediators/cytokines from the lung into the systemic circulation (6,10).…”

The Risk Factors and Specific Features of Osteopenic Syndrome in Patients With Chronic Non-Infectious Diseases

“…Согласно данным, опублико-ванным Всемирным банком и Всемирной организацией здравоохранения (ВОЗ), предполагает-ся, что в 2020 г. она выйдет на 5-е место по ущербу, наносимому болезнями в глобальном масштабе [12]. ОП является одним из основных сопутствующих за-болеваний при ХОБЛ [13,14], часто не диагностиру-ется [15] и ассоциируется с низким уровнем здоровья и плохим прогнозом [12]. По данным некоторых ис-следований, у больных ХОБЛ частота ОП может до-стигать 60 %, причем по мере прогрессирования за-болевания ОП выявляется чаще [16,17].…”