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In order to understand factors that predict exacerbation history, univariate and multivariate linear modelling was performed and is summarised in Table 3.

As the plasma half-life of CRP is about 19 hours [ 34], CRP levels might fall quickly in patients responding to treatment and the CRP value might have less ability to predict exacerbation severity if the measurement was delayed.

The ECLIPSE study identified severity of COPD, presence of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, poor quality of life score and white cell count to independently predict exacerbation rate, but did not report any effect of oxygen use [ 17].

In this analysis of data from a randomized, controlled study, we showed that as-needed SABA use in COPD patients can predict exacerbation risk over the short (≤21 days) and long (≤10 months) term, if patients are taking appropriate doses of long-acting β2-agonist either alone or in combination with an inhaled corticosteroid.

Over the last decade, several studies have attempted to identify new biomarkers of COPD in blood, biomarkers both for diagnosing the disease as well as to predict exacerbations and to classify disease states [14, 15].

A low FEV1, particularly if combined with the additional information from questionnaires helps predict exacerbations.

There are no data in literature analyzing the CRQ ability to predict exacerbations.

In addition, a rising titer of anti-dsDNA can, when partnered with complement measurements, predict exacerbations of the disease [ 6].

To our knowledge, no studies comparing the ability of AQ20 and AQLQ to predict exacerbations have been carried out.

Seemungal et al 17 described a 7-days prodrome where respiratory symptoms worsened before the onset of an exacerbation but failed to predict exacerbations with spirometry.

In conclusion, the AQ20 in asthma and the CCQ in COPD showed similar or even higher ability to predict exacerbations than longer disease-specific questionnaires.