Background Patients with COPD have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Whilst
pulmonary rehabilitation has proven benefit for exercise tolerance and quality of life, any effect …

Background Osteoporosis is common in patients with COPD but the likely multi-factorial
causes contributing to this condition (eg. sex, age, smoking, therapy) mask the potential …

Background Determining the presence and extent of co-morbidities is fundamental in assessing
patients with chronic respiratory disease, where increased cardiovascular risk, presence …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients exhibit increased cardiovascular
risk, even after controlling for smoking. Inflammation may underlie this observation. Methods: …

Background Patients with bronchiectasis have impaired quality of life and exercise capacity
1 ; however, other functional impairments have not been fully evaluated. We hypothesised …

Background We have previously shown increased arterial stiffness using aortic pulse wave
velocity (PWV) in patients with COPD. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) (exercise, education …

Rationale Bronchiectasis is characterised by inflammation and airways injury, which lead to
loss of airways function, factors which are associated with an increased risk of …

… James M Duckers …

… ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-9863, Duckers, James M., Proud, D., Lines, T.,
Enright, Stephanie, Cockcroft, John Ronald, Shale, Dennis and Bolton, Charlotte Emma …

… ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-9863, Duckers, James M., Munnery, Margaret,
Enright, Stephanie, Cockcroft, John Ronald, Bolton, Charlotte Emma and Shale, Dennis …