Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học đề tài : Gender associated differences in determinants of quality of life in patients with COPD: a case series study | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Gender associated differences in determinants of quality of life in patients with COPD a case series study Juan P de Torres 1 Ciro Casanova 1 Concepcion Hernandez 1 Juan Abreu 1 Angela Montejo de Garcini 1 Armando Aguirre-Jaime 1 and Bartolome R Celli 2 Address Respiratory Research Unit Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria Tenerife Spain and 2Pulmonary and Critical Care Division St. Elizabeth s Medical Center Boston USA Email Juan P de Torres - jupa65@ Ciro Casanova - ccasanova@ Concepcion Hernandez - chernandez@ Juan Abreu - juan_abre@ Angela Montejo de Garcini - amontejo@ Armando Aguirre-Jaime - aaguirre@ Bartolome R Celli - bcelli@ Corresponding author Equal contributors Published 28 September 2006 Received 19 July 2006 . J .. J .IA I IOZU. 71 7C7C A Accepted 28 September 2006 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006 4 72 doi 1477-7525-4-72 This article is available from http content 4 1 72 2006 de Torres et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The influence of gender on the expression of COPD has received limited attention. Quality of Life QoL has become an important outcome in COPD patients. The aim of our study was to explore factors contributing to gender differences in Quality of Life of COPD patients. Methods In 146 men and women with COPD from a pulmonary clinic we measured Saint George s Respiratory Questionnaire SGRQ age smoking history PaO2 PaCO2 FEV1 FVC IC TLC FRC body mass index BMI 6 minute walk distance 6MWD
