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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 942-945 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Thorax |
Volume | 78 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2023 |
Keywords
- COPD epidemiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine