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Cluster analysis in the COPDGene study identifies subtypes of smokers with distinct patterns of airw...

Cluster analysis in the COPDGene study identifies subtypes of smokers with distinct patterns of airw...

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Cluster analysis in the COPDGene study identifies subtypes of smokers with distinct patterns of airway disease and emphysema

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Cluster analysis in the COPDGene study identifies subtypes of smokers with distinct patterns of airway disease and emphysema

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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society

Journal title

Thorax, 2014-05, Vol.69 (5), p.416-423

Language

English

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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society

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Contents

Background There is notable heterogeneity in the clinical presentation of patients with COPD. To characterise this heterogeneity, we sought to identify subgroups of smokers by applying cluster analysis to data from the COPDGene study. Methods We applied a clustering method, k-means, to data from 10 192 smokers in the COPDGene study. After splitting...

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Cluster analysis in the COPDGene study identifies subtypes of smokers with distinct patterns of airway disease and emphysema

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4004338

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4004338

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ISSN

0040-6376,1468-3296

E-ISSN

1468-3296

DOI

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203601

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