Chronic airflow obstruction attributable to poverty in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study
Document Type
Article
Department
Community Health Sciences
Abstract
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.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Thorax
Recommended Citation
Patel, J. H.,
Amaral, A. F.,
Minelli, C.,
Elfadaly, F. G.,
Mortimer, K.,
Sony, A. E.,
Rhazi, K. E.,
Seemungal, T. A.,
Mahesh, P. A.,
Nafees, A.
(2023). Chronic airflow obstruction attributable to poverty in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study. Thorax.
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