COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TLC: total leukocyte count; AKI: acute kidney injury; AST: aspartate transaminase; S. creatinine: serum creatinine; T. bilirubin: total bilirubin; SGOT: serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase. This evidence concerns the gene GOT1 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.