BMC pulmonary medicine
Biological aging, a mediator between smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: evidence from a hospital-based cohort study in China.
Dongming Xie, Ao Lin, Feng Luo, Katie Lu, Zhi Li, Jinyi Huang, Jinrong Zhang, Jianjun Zou, Houli Xiao, Zhiyong Ren, Dongsheng Huang, Chenli Xie, Cuiyi Chen, Yibin Deng, Jiachun Lu
Published: 202610.1186/s12890-025-04100-2
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global morbidity, with aging and smoking as key risk factors. However, the mediating role of biological aging in the smoking-COPD relationship has been rarely examined in…
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