Associations with chest illness and mortality in chronic spinal cord injury
Danilack V, Stolzmann K, Gagnon D, Brown R, Tun C, Morse L, Garshick E. Associations with chest illness and mortality in chronic spinal cord injury. Journal Of Spinal Cord Medicine 2013, 37: 662-669. PMID: 24090450, PMCID: PMC4231954, DOI: 10.1179/2045772313y.0000000144.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic spinal cord injuryChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseSpinal cord injuryChest illnessCurrent smokingHazard ratioCord injuryHeart diseasePhysician-diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCompleteness of SCICompleteness of injuryIndependent risk factorObstructive pulmonary diseaseHeart disease historyMeasures logistic regressionCross-sectional surveyUnderwent spirometryExpiratory volumeIndependent predictorsPulmonary diseaseCox regressionRisk factorsSCI levelDisease historyHealth Questionnaire