About the Authors
- Francisco Pozo-Rodríguez
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* E-mail: fpozo@h12o.es
Affiliations Instituto de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid Spain, Centre for Biomedical Research on Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Jose Luis López-Campos
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Affiliations Centre for Biomedical Research on Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
- Carlos J. Álvarez-Martínez
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid Spain
- Ady Castro-Acosta
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Affiliations Instituto de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid Spain, Centre for Biomedical Research on Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Ramón Agüero
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Affiliation Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
- Javier Hueto
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Affiliation Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Jesús Hernández-Hernández
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Affiliation Hospital Nuestra Sra. de Sonsoles, Ávila, Spain
- Manuel Barrón
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Affiliation Complejo Hospitalario San Millán, Logroño, Spain
- Victor Abraira
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Affiliations Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain, Centre for Biomedical Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Anabel Forte
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Affiliation Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Universidad de Castellón, Castellón, Spain
- Juan Miguel Sanchez Nieto
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Affiliation Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain
- Encarnación Lopez-Gabaldón
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Affiliation Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain
- Borja G. Cosío
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Affiliations Centre for Biomedical Research on Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Hospital Universitario Son Espases, Balearic Island, Spain
- Alvar Agustí
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Affiliations Centre for Biomedical Research on Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Instituto del Tórax, Hospital Clìnic, Barcelona, Spain
- on behalf of the AUDIPOC Study Group
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¶Membership of the AUDIPOC Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JLLX CJAM ACA AA. Analyzed the data: FPR JLLC CJAM ACA VA AF. Wrote the paper: FPR JLLC CJAM ACA AA. Principal investigator of the project: FPR. Members of the steering committee/scientific committee of this multicentre study: JLLC CJAM ACA AA. Regional research coordinators and local investigators of the project: RA JH JHH MB VA AF JMSN ELG BGC.