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 airway disease and emphysema
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Castaldi, Peter J , Dy, Jennifer , Ross, James , Chang, Yale , Washko, George R , Curran-Everett, Douglas , Williams, Andre , Lynch, David A , Make, Barry J , Crapo, James D , Bowler, Russ P , Regan, Elizabeth A , Hokanson, John E , Kinney, Greg L , Han, Meilan K , Soler, Xavier , Ramsdell, Joseph W , Barr, R Graham , Foreman, Marilyn , van Beek, Edwin , Casaburi, Richard , Criner, Gerald J , Lutz, Sharon M , Rennard, Steven I , Santorico, Stephanie , Sciurba, Frank C , DeMeo, Dawn L , Hersh, Craig P , Silverman, Edwin K and Cho, Michael H
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
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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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Dy, Jennifer
Ross, James
Chang, Yale
Washko, George R
Curran-Everett, Douglas
Williams, Andre
Lynch, David A
Make, Barry J
Crapo, James D
Bowler, Russ P
Regan, Elizabeth A
Hokanson, John E
Kinney, Greg L
Han, Meilan K
Soler, Xavier
Ramsdell, Joseph W
Barr, R Graham
Foreman, Marilyn
van Beek, Edwin
Casaburi, Richard
Criner, Gerald J
Lutz, Sharon M
Rennard, Steven I
Santorico, Stephanie
Sciurba, Frank C
DeMeo, Dawn L
Hersh, Craig P
Silverman, Edwin K
Cho, Michael H
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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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0040-6376,1468-3296
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1468-3296
DOI
10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203601