In:
Thorax, BMJ, Vol. 78, No. 9 ( 2023-09), p. 942-945
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0040-6376
,
1468-3296
DOI:
10.1136/thorax-2022-218668
Language:
English
Publisher:
BMJ
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1481491-2
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