Instability in the COPD Diagnosis upon Repeat Testing Vary with the Definition of COPD

• Rogelio Perez-Padilla ,

  * E-mail: perezpad@unam.mx

  Affiliation Sleep Clinic, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Fernando C. Wehrmeister,

  Affiliation Postgraduate program on Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

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• Maria Montes de Oca,

  Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

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• Maria Victorina Lopez,

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay

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• Jose R. Jardim,

  Affiliation Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Adriana Muino,

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay

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• Gonzalo Valdivia,

  Affiliation Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Julio Pertuze,

  Affiliation Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Ana Maria B. Menezes,

  Affiliation Postgraduate program on Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

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• PLATINO group

  ¶Membership of the Platino group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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