Comorbidities and the risk of mortality in patients with bronchiectasis: an international multicentre cohort study

Background Patients with bronchiectasis often have concurrent comorbidities, but the nature, prevalence, and impact of these comorbidities on disease severity and outcome are poorly understood. We aimed to investigate comorbidities in patients with bronchiectasis and establish their prognostic value on disease severity and mortality rate. Methods An international multicentre cohort analysis of outpatients with bronchiectasis from four European...