Chronic airflow obstruction and ambient particulate air pollution.

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Patel, Jaymini

Authors

Amaral, AFS
Burney, PGJ
Patel, J
Minelli, C
Mejza, F
Mannino, DM
Seemungal, TAR
Mahesh, PA
Lo, LC
Janson, C
Juvekar, S
Denguezli, M
Harrabi, I
Wouters, EFM
Cherkaski, H
Mortimer, K
Jogi, R
Bateman, ED
Fuertes, E
Al Ghobain, M
Tan, W
Obaseki, DO
El Sony, A
Studnicka, M
Aquart-Stewart, A
Koul, P
Lawin, H
Nafees, AA
Awopeju, O
Erhabor, GE
Gislason, T
Welte, T
Gulsvik, A
Nielsen, R
Gnatiuc, L
Kocabas, A
Marks, GB
Sooronbaev, T
Mbatchou Ngahane, BH
Barbara, C
Buist, AS
BOLD (Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease) Collaborative Research Group,
BOLD (Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease) Collaborative Research Group members,

Document Type

Journal Article

Date

2021-12-01

Date Accepted

2021-04-08

Abstract

Smoking is the most well-established cause of chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) but particulate air pollution and poverty have also been implicated. We regressed sex-specific prevalence of CAO from 41 Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study sites against smoking prevalence from the same study, the gross national income per capita and the local annual mean level of ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) using negative binomial regression. The prevalence of CAO was not independently associated with PM2.5 but was strongly associated with smoking and was also associated with poverty. Strengthening tobacco control and improved understanding of the link between CAO and poverty should be prioritised.

Citation

Thorax, 2021, 76 (12), pp. 1236 - 1241

DOI

10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216223

URI

https://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/6409

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source Title

Thorax

Publisher

BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP

ISSN

0040-6376

eISSN

1468-3296

Collections

Clinical Studies

Research Team

Clin Trials & Stats Unit

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