Chronic airflow obstruction and ambient particulate air pollution

Andre F.S. Amaral, Peter G.J. Burney, Jaymini Patel, Cosetta Minelli, Filip Mejza, David M. Mannino, Terence A.R. Seemungal, Padukudru Anand Mahesh, Li Cher Lo, Christer Janson, Sanjay Juvekar, Meriam Denguezli, Imed Harrabi, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Hamid Cherkaski, Kevin Mortimer, Rain Jogi, Eric D. Bateman, Elaine Fuertes, Mohammed Al GhobainWan Tan, Daniel O. Obaseki, Asma El Sony, Michael Studnicka, Althea Aquart-Stewart, Parvaiz Koul, Herve Lawin, Asaad Ahmed Nafees, Olayemi Awopeju, Gregory E. Erhabor, Thorarinn Gislason, Tobias Welte, Amund Gulsvik, Rune Nielsen, Louisa Gnatiuc, Ali Kocabas, Guy B. Marks, Talant Sooronbaev, Bertrand Hugo Mbatchou Ngahane, Cristina Barbara, A. Sonia Buist

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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 (PM 2.5) using negative binomial regression. The prevalence of CAO was not independently associated with PM 2.5 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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1236-1241
Number of pages6
JournalThorax
Volume76
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

  • COPD epidemiology

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