High blood eosinophils predict the risk of COPD exacerbation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Fangying Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangying Chen, Mei Yang, Hao Wang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Department of Tuberculosis, The Third People’s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa, Tibet, China

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• Mei Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangying Chen, Mei Yang, Hao Wang

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Hao Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangying Chen, Mei Yang, Hao Wang

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7662-7115

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• Lian Liu,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Yongchun Shen ,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lchens@126.com (LC); shen_yongchun@126.com (YS)

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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• Lei Chen

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lchens@126.com (LC); shen_yongchun@126.com (YS)

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3476-0035

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