Chronic airflow obstruction attributable to poverty in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study.
Date
2023-09-01ICR Author
Author
Patel, JH
Amaral, AFS
Minelli, C
Elfadaly, FG
Mortimer, K
El Sony, A
Rhazi, KE
Seemungal, TAR
Mahesh, PA
Obaseki, DO
Denguezli, M
Ahmed, R
Cherkaski, H
Koul, P
Rashid, A
Loh, RLC
Lawin, H
Al Ghobain, M
Nafees, AA
Aquart-Stewart, A
Harrabi, I
Buist, S
Burney, PGJ
Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) Collaborative Research Group
Type
Journal Article
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Show full item recordAbstract
Poverty is strongly associated with all-cause and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality. Less is known about the contribution of poverty to spirometrically defined chronic airflow obstruction (CAO)-a key characteristic of COPD. Using cross-sectional data from an asset-based questionnaire to define poverty in 21 sites of the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study, we estimated the risk of CAO attributable to poverty. Up to 6% of the population over 40 years had CAO attributable to poverty. Understanding the relationship between poverty and CAO might suggest ways to improve lung health, especially in low-income and middle-income countries.
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Subject
COPD epidemiology
Humans
Cross-Sectional Studies
Risk Factors
Vital Capacity
Forced Expiratory Volume
Spirometry
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Lung
Poverty
Research team
Clin Trials & Stats Unit
Language
eng
Date accepted
2023-06-09
License start date
2023-09-01
Citation
Thorax, 2023, 78 (9), pp. 942 - 945
Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP