TY -的T1 -从作者:< em > < / em >摩根富林明——欧元opean Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 777 LP - 777 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00070409 VL - 34 IS - 3 AU - Bridevaux, P-O. AU - Gerbase, M. AU - Rochat, T. Y1 - 2009/09/01 UR - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/34/3/777.abstract N2 - We thank J.P. de Torres and co-workers for their interest in our recently published paper regarding the effect of body weight gain on systemic inflammation in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 1. Their comments highlight important issues concerning the sex discrepancies reported in the literature on the effect of systemic inflammation and COPD outcomes. First, we believe that this is still a subject of controversy; the potential prognostic advantage of females with COPD reported in some clinical studies has not been confirmed by other reports 2. There are multiple reasons for these conflicting findings. In clinical settings, under diagnosis of … ER -