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ArticleNPJ primary care respiratory medicine2026

Health status and prognosis of COPD patients in relation to the FEV

Juan Wang, Björn Ställberg, Maria Hårdstedt, Kristina Bröms, Amir Farkhooy, Andreas Palm, Karin Lisspers, Marieann Högman, Andrei Malinovschi

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Article in NPJ primary care respiratory medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Juan WangDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. juan.wang@medsci.uu.se.
Björn StällbergDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, General Practice, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Maria HårdstedtDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Kristina BrömsDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, General Practice, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Amir FarkhooyDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Andreas PalmDepartment of Medical Sciences, Respiratory-, Allergy- and Sleep Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Karin LisspersDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, General Practice, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Marieann HögmanDepartment of Medical Sciences, Respiratory-, Allergy- and Sleep Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Andrei MalinovschiDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Physiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Funding

Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, County Council Dalarna CKFUU-1000499, CKFUU-511451, CKFUU-600721, CKFUU-701041, CKFUU-975124Centre for Research and Development, Uppsala University/Region Gävleborg CFUG-700231, CFUG-966304, CFUG-966654, CFUG-973672Regional Research Council Mid Sweden RFR-554761, RFR-383651, RFR-307661, RFR-940344, RFR-968825Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation 20230587, 20200174, 20170673Swedish Research Council VR 2020-02008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whether COPD should be diagnosed using the lower limit of normal (LLN) or a fixed FEV

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Health StatusPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAgedDisease ProgressionFemaleForced Expiratory VolumeHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesSwedenSymptom BurdenVital Capacity

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PMID41507184
PMCPMC12789526

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