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Lead
Judith Garcia-Aymerich
With
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Sociedad Española de Neumología (SEPAR), Barcelona
University Ramon Llull
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Hospital del Mar
Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Hospital de Mataró
Hospital de Viladecans
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Age
45–130
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
age \> 45 years
COPD diagnosed by pulmonary function tests during clinical stability, with a ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) to forced vital capacity (FVC) ≤ 0.70
clinical stability, defined as at least 4 weeks without antibiotics or oral corticosteroids.
You may not be if
living \>6 months/year outside of the included municipalities,
living to a distance higher than 500 meters to any of the urban trails used for the study,
mental disability according to the Mini Mental State Examination in its validated Spanish version
comorbidity that could interfere with study tests (e.g., lower limb amputation)
severe psychiatric disease or severe comorbidity limiting survival at one year, according to medical history.
