Gender and COPD in patients attending a pulmonary clinicJuan P de Torres
Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
Chest 128:2012-6. 2005
..To compare gender differences in the clinical expression of COPD patients attending a pulmonary clinic...
Lung cancer in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-- incidence and predicting factorsJuan P de Torres
Pulmonary Department, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 184:913-9. 2011
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- Six-minute walking distance in women with COPD
Juan P de Torres
Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
COPD 8:300-5. 2011
..The 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) has been useful in the evaluation of men with COPD. Little is known about 6MWD in women with the disease...
Gender differences in plasma biomarker levels in a cohort of COPD patients: a pilot studyJuan P de Torres
Pulmonary Department, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
PLoS ONE 6:e16021. 2011
..Little is known about gender differences in plasma biomarker levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
- Emphysema presence, severity, and distribution has little impact on the clinical presentation of a cohort of patients with mild to moderate COPD
Juan P de Torres
Department of Pulmonology, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Chest 139:36-42. 2011
..The objective of this study was to describe emphysema presence, severity, and distribution and its impact on clinical presentation of patients with mild to moderate COPD...
- [Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in women]
Juan Pablo de Torres Tajes
Servicio de Neumologia, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Espana
Arch Bronconeumol 46:23-7. 2010
..Better phenotypical characterization of COPD in women would allow its impact on the health system to be more accurately evaluated and more individualized therapeutic strategies to be designed...
- Sex differences in mortality in patients with COPD
J P de Torres
Pulmonary Department, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Av Pio XII 36, Pamplona, 31008, Spain
Eur Respir J 33:528-35. 2009
..For both sexes the BODE index is a better predictor of survival than the forced expiratory volume in one second...
- C-reactive protein levels and survival in patients with moderate to very severe COPD
Juan P de Torres
Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Ntra Sra de Candelaria, Canary Islands, Tenerife, Spain
Chest 133:1336-43. 2008
..In epidemiologic studies, CRP level is associated with all-cause mortality in patients with mild-to-moderate disease...
- COPD heterogeneity: gender differences in the multidimensional BODE index
Juan P de Torres
Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Ntra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2:151-5. 2007
..The BODE index was recently validated as a multidimensional tool for the evaluation of patients with COPD. The influence of gender on the BODE index has not been studied...
- C-reactive protein levels and clinically important predictive outcomes in stable COPD patients
J P de Torres
Unidad de Investigacion, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Ctra del Rosario s n, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Eur Respir J 27:902-7. 2006
..This should be considered when C-reactive protein levels are measured in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients...
- Gender and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in high-risk smokers
Juan P de Torres
Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Universitario N S de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
Respiration 73:306-10. 2006
..Data suggest that women are more susceptible to develop airway obstruction compared to men for the same number of cigarettes smoked...
- Gender and respiratory factors associated with dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Juan P de Torres
Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
Respir Res 8:18. 2007
..We had shown that COPD women expressed more dyspnea than men for the same degree of airway obstruction...
- Gender associated differences in determinants of quality of life in patients with COPD: a case series study
Juan P de Torres
Respiratory Research Unit, Hospital Nuestra Sra de Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:72. 2006
..Quality of Life (QoL) has become an important outcome in COPD patients. The aim of our study was to explore factors contributing to gender differences in Quality of Life of COPD patients...
- TNFA-863 polymorphism is associated with a reduced risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a replication study
Elizabeth Cordoba-Lanus
Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Senora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
BMC Med Genet 12:132. 2011
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- Exploring the impact of screening with low-dose CT on lung cancer mortality in mild to moderate COPD patients: A pilot study
Juan P de-Torres
Pulmonary Department, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona 31200, Spain Electronic address
Respir Med 107:702-7. 2013
..COPD is an independent risk factor for lung cancer, especially in patients with mild to moderate disease...
- Smokers with CT Detected Emphysema and No Airway Obstruction Have Decreased Plasma Levels of EGF, IL-15, IL-8 and IL-1ra
Juan P de-Torres
Pulmonary Department, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
PLoS ONE 8:e60260. 2013
..Low-grade inflammation and emphysema have been shown to be associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. However, the systemic inflammatory response in patients with emphysema is still unknown...
