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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality and prevalence: the associations with smoking and poverty—a BOLD analysis
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Burney, PeterJithoo, AnamikaKato, BernetJanson, ChristerMannino, DavidNiżankowska-Mogilnicka, EwaStudnicka, MichaelTan, WanBateman, EricKoçabas, AliVollmer, William MGislason, ThorarrinMarks, GuyKoul, Parvaiz AHarrabi, ImedGnatiuc, LouisaBuist, SoniaZhong, NanShanLiu, ShengmingLu, JiachunRan, PixinWang, DaliZheng, JingpingZhou, YuminKocabaş, AliHancioglu, AttilaHanta, IsmailKuleci, SedatTurkyilmaz, Ahmet SinanUmut, SemaUnalan, TurgayStudnicka, MichaelDawes, TorkilLamprecht, BerndSchirhofer, LeaBateman, EricJithoo, AnamikaAdams, DesireeBarnes, EdwardFreeman, JasperHayes, AntonHlengwa, SiphoJohannisen, ChristineKoopman, MarianaLouw, InnocentiaLudick, InaOlckers, AltaRyck, JohannaStorbeck, JanitaGislason, ThorarinnBenedikdtsdottir, BryndisJörundsdottir, KristinGudmundsdottir, LovisaGudmundsdottir, SigrunGundmundsson, GunnarNizankowska-Mogilnicka, EwaFrey, JakubHarat, RafalMejza, FilipNastalek, PawelPajak, AndrzejSkucha, WojciechSzczeklik, AndrzejTwardowska, MagdaWelte, TobiasBodemann, IsabelleGeldmacher, HenningSchweda-Linow, AlexandraGulsvik, AmundEndresen, TinaSvendsen, LeneTan, Wan CWang, WenMannino, David MCain, JohnCopeland, RebeccaHazen, DanaMethvin, JenniferDantes, Renato BAmarillo, LourdesBerratio, Lakan UFernandez, Lenora CFrancisco, Norberto AGarcia, Gerard Sde Guia, Teresita SIdolor, Luisito FNaval, Sullian SReyes, ThessaRoa, Camilo CSanchez, Ma FlordelizaSimpao, Leander PJenkins, ChristineMarks, GuyBird, TessaEspinel, PaolaHardaker, KateToelle, BrettBurney, Peter G JAmor, CaronPotts, JamesTumilty, MichaelMcLean, FionaWouters, E F MWesseling, G JBárbara, CristinaRodrigues, FátimaDias, HermíniaCardoso, JoãoAlmeida, JoãoMatos, Maria JoãoSimão, PaulaSantos, MoutinhoFerreira, ReisJanson, ChristerOlafsdottir, Inga SifNisser, KatarinaSpetz-Nyström, UlrikeHägg, GunillaLund, Gun-MarieJõgi, RainLaja, HendrikUlst, KatrinZobel, VappuLill, Toomas-JuliusKoul, Parvaiz AMalik, SajjadHakim, Nissar AKhan, Umar HafizChowgule, RohiniShetye, VasantRaphael, JonelleAlmeda, RoselTawde, MaheshTadvi, RafiqKatkar, SunilKadam, MilindDhanawade, RupeshGhurup, UmeshHarrabi, ImedDenguezli, MyriamTabka, ZouhairDaldoul, HagerBoukheroufa, ZakiChouikha, FirasKhalifa, Wahbi BelhajIdolor, Luisito Fde Guia, Teresita SFrancisco, Norberto ARoa, Camilo CAyuyao, Fernando GTady, Cecil ZTan, Daniel TBanal-Yang, SylviaBalanag, Vincent MReyes, Maria Teresita NDantes, Renato BSalvi, SundeepHirve, SiddhiBrashier, BillLondhe, JyotiMadas, SapnaSambhudas, SomnathChaidhary, BharatTambe, MeeraPingale, SavitaUmap, AratiUmap, ArchanaShelar, NitinDevchakke, SampadaChaudhary, ShardaBondre, SuvarnaWalke, SavitaGawhane, AshleshsaSapkal, AnilArgade, RupaliGaikwad, VijayCrapo, R OJensen, R LEnright, PaulHarnoncourt, Georg
Source
Thorax. May 01, 2014 69(5):465-473
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0040-6376
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a commonly reported cause of death and associated with smoking. However, COPD mortality is high in poor countries with low smoking rates. Spirometric restriction predicts mortality better than airflow obstruction, suggesting that the prevalence of restriction could explain mortality rates attributed to COPD. We have studied associations between mortality from COPD and low lung function, and between both lung function and death rates and cigarette consumption and gross national income per capita (GNI). METHODS: National COPD mortality rates were regressed against the prevalence of airflow obstruction and spirometric restriction in 22 Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study sites and against GNI, and national smoking prevalence. The prevalence of airflow obstruction and spirometric restriction in the BOLD sites were regressed against GNI and mean pack years smoked. RESULTS: National COPD mortality rates were more strongly associated with spirometric restriction in the BOLD sites (<60 years: men rs=0.73, p=0.0001; women rs=0.90, p<0.0001; 60+ years: men rs=0.63, p=0.0022; women rs=0.37, p=0.1) than obstruction (<60 years: men rs=0.28, p=0.20; women rs=0.17, p<0.46; 60+ years: men rs=0.28, p=0.23; women rs=0.22, p=0.33). Obstruction increased with mean pack years smoked, but COPD mortality fell with increased cigarette consumption and rose rapidly as GNI fell below US$15 000. Prevalence of restriction was not associated with smoking but also increased rapidly as GNI fell below US$15 000. CONCLUSIONS: Smoking remains the single most important cause of obstruction but a high prevalence of restriction associated with poverty could explain the high ‘COPD’ mortality in poor countries.