Extraparenchymal pulmonary artery volume
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upin humans1
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Mortality
upin humans1
Extraparenchymal pulmonary artery volume is associated with mortality in humans (aHR 1.42 [1.25-1.60] per one-standard-deviation (∼25mL) increase).
HumansCOPDGene current and ex-smokers without COPD; adjusted analysisextraparenchymal pulmonary artery50% malesn = 4,719
Larger lung artery volume tied to deaths in smokers without COPD · Respiratory medicine · 6 Oct 2026
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Larger lung artery volume tied to deaths in smokers without COPD
Each roughly 25-millilitre increase in artery volume was linked to a death-rate ratio of 1.42 in one cohort and 1.23 in another.Each roughly 25-millilitre increase in artery volume was linked to a death-rate ratio of 1.42 in one cohort and 1.23 in another.