Front. Med. Frontiers in Medicine Front. Med. 2296-858X Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/fmed.2025.1737539 Correction Correction: Clinical characteristics and risk factor analysis of overlapping syndromes of COPD-OSA with metabolic syndrome in middle-to-high altitude areas Qin Yisha 1 † Aju Aniu 1 † Wan Yilin 1 † Song Mengchen 1 Hao Xingxing 1 Li Jiwu 2 Shi Xuefeng 3 * Department of Clinical Medicine, Qinghai University, Xining, China Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department, Luoyang First People's Hospital, Luoyang, China Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining, China Correspondence: Xuefeng Shi, shixuefeng128@163.com

These authors have contributed equally to this work

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