title: Overweight and obesity are risk factors for COPD misdiagnosis and overtreatment.
authors.affiliation: CIRO+, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands. Electronic address: fritsfranssen@ciro-horn.nl.
authors.forename: Frits M E
authors.initials: FME
authors.lastname: Franssen
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*