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Kaplan–Meier curves for (A) Patients without prior diagnosis of COPD. (B) Total number of events by GOLD stage.
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GOLD, Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; MACE, mortality/major cardiovascular event variable.
