Risk Factors and Prediction of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease After Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Prospective Cohort Study - PubMed
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- #Risk Factors
- #Post-Tuberculosis
- #COPD Prediction
- A prospective cohort study found 25.6% of patients developed COPD after curing pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).
- Key risk factors included age 65+, active smoking, cavitary PTB, invasive fungal disease, dyspnea, high systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), and low CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio.
- A prediction model with these seven factors showed good accuracy (AUC 0.806) and clinical utility for identifying high-risk patients.