Are morphological changes in small pulmonary vessels associated with severe acute exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
%CSA<5 was associated with an increased risk of severe AE-COPD. The distal pruning of the small pulmonary vessels is a part of the risk associated with AE-COPD, and %CSA<5 might be a surrogate marker for predicting AE-COPD.
Serum IGF-I level could be clinically useful for assessing the risk of vertebral fractures independent of BMD in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes.