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Table 4 Common comorbidities of COPD [8]

Comorbidity	At diagnosis (%)	During 8-year period after diagnosis (%)^a
Hypertension	33.7	51.4
Asthma^b	23
Pneumonia	24.6	42.9
GERD^c	17–54
Ischaemic heart disease	15.6	24.3
Heart failure	15.2	31.4
Depression	11.8	20.2
Diabetes	11.6	18.8
Myocardial infarction	9.0	17.0
Osteoporosis	7.6	16.9
Stroke	5.8	12.3
Lung cancer	1.0	4.6

COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GERD Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
^aCumulative data
^bFollowing diagnosis of COPD
^cPrevalence among all patients diagnosed with COPD [143]

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