AbstractBackground and Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronicairway obstruction resulting from persistent inflammatory processes. As a prominent contributor to prematuremortality and morbidity in adults, COPD often coexists with various comorbidities, including anemia. Thisstudy aimed to retrospectively investigate the prevalence of anemia in a hospital-based population.Materials and Methods: This retrospective hospital-based study encompassed 456 clinically diagnosed COPDpatients who received medical care at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India. A meticulous analysis wasconducted on 234 patients who fulfilled the specified inclusion criteria. The diagnosis of anemia was determinedbased on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The statistical analysis was performed employing IBMSPSS version 21.0.Results: The mean age of the COPD patients was 67.34 years for males and 66.82 years for females. Among the234 patients investigated, 25.05% males exhibited Hb levels below 13 g%, while 33.15% females manifestedHb levels below 12 g%. Regarding hematocrit levels, 24.31% males displayed values below 39%, and 33.11%females presented values below 36%.Conclusion: The findings revealed that the prevalence of anemia in males was 26.1%, and in females, it was34.3%, as indicated by the Hb measurements. Similarly, when assessed based on Hct values, the prevalence ofanemia was 25.6% in males and 34.2% in females. Additionally, we observed a higher occurrence of anemia inadvanced age groups for both males and females.

AbstractBackground and Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronicairway obstruction resulting from persistent inflammatory processes. As a prominent contributor to prematuremortality and morbidity in adults, COPD often coexists with various comorbidities, including anemia. Thisstudy aimed to retrospectively investigate the prevalence of anemia in a hospital-based population.Materials and Methods: This retrospective hospital-based study encompassed 456 clinically diagnosed COPDpatients who received medical care at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India. A meticulous analysis wasconducted on 234 patients who fulfilled the specified inclusion criteria. The diagnosis of anemia was determinedbased on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. The statistical analysis was performed employing IBMSPSS version 21.0.Results: The mean age of the COPD patients was 67.34 years for males and 66.82 years for females. Among the234 patients investigated, 25.05% males exhibited Hb levels below 13 g%, while 33.15% females manifestedHb levels below 12 g%. Regarding hematocrit levels, 24.31% males displayed values below 39%, and 33.11%females presented values below 36%.Conclusion: The findings revealed that the prevalence of anemia in males was 26.1%, and in females, it was34.3%, as indicated by the Hb measurements. Similarly, when assessed based on Hct values, the prevalence ofanemia was 25.6% in males and 34.2% in females. Additionally, we observed a higher occurrence of anemia inadvanced age groups for both males and females.