Patients characteristics.

<p>n = Number of participants for each group; BMI = Body Mass Index; FEV₁ = Forced Expiratory Volume in the fisrt second; FVC = Forced Vital Capacity; TLC = Total Lung Capacity; MMRC = Modified Medical rtesearch Council; 6 MWD = 6 Minutes Walk Distance; BODE index: BMI, Obstruction, Dyspnea, Exercise; SBP = Systolic Blood Presure; DBP = Dyastolic Blood Presure; DM = Diabetes Mellitus; LDL-C = Low Density Protein; HDL-C = High Density Protein; EAT = Epicardial Adipose Tissue CRP = C reactive Protein.</p><p>X ± SD = means ± Standart Desviation; y/n = Yes/No; p25–p75 = interquartile range.