TY - JOUR AU - Lee, Hyun AU - Shin, Sun Hye AU - Gu, Seonhye AU - Zhao, Di AU - Kang, Danbee AU - Joi, Yeong Rae AU - Suh, Gee Young AU - Pastor-Barriuso, Roberto AU - Guallar, Eliseo AU - Cho, Juhee AU - Park, Hye Yun PY - 2018 DO - 10.1186/s12916-018-1159-7 SN - 1741-7015 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9691 AB - BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often accompanied by multiple comorbidities, which are associated with an increased risk of exacerbation, a poor health-related quality of life, and high mortality. However, differences in... LA - eng PB - BioMed Central (BMC) KW - COPD KW - Comorbidity KW - Ethnicity KW - Race KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Nutrition Surveys KW - Prevalence KW - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive KW - Quality of Life KW - Republic of Korea KW - United States KW - Comorbidity TI - Racial differences in comorbidity profile among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease TY - journal article ER -