Identifying Individual Medications Affecting Pulmonary Outcomes When Multiple Medications are Present

Abstract

Yisha Li,1 Ran Dai,2 Yeongjin Gwon,2 Stephen I Rennard,3 Barry J Make,4 Dinah Foer,5 Matthew J Strand,4 Erin Austin,6 Kendra A Young,1 John E Hokanson,1 Katherine A Pratte,7 Rebecca Conway,1 Gregory L Kinney1 On behalf of COPDGene investigators1Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; 2Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; 3Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA; 4Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA; 5Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 6Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA; 7Department of Biostatistics, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USACorrespondence: Gregory L Kinney, Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA, Tel [phone], Email [email protected]