Is inflammatory chronic obstructive pulmonary disease a coronary heart disease risk equivalent?
Our study did not confirm that inflammatory COPD may be a CHD risk equivalent. However, due to the small size of the "inflammatory" COPD group, further prospective replication and validation is needed. Moreover, given that COPD results from inflammation, the systemic inflammation associated with COPD may have worsened comorbid conditions and may have lead to the increased total mortality found in the COPD with inflammation and COPD + CHD groups which requires further investigation.
These data suggest that spinal movement is different in people with LBP, and reduced spinal movement in advance of predictable perturbation may be associated with compromised quality of trunk control.