Chronic airflow obstruction attributable to poverty in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study

  • Jaymini H. Patel
  • , Andre F.S. Amaral
  • , Cosetta Minelli
  • , Fadlalla G. Elfadaly
  • , Kevin Mortimer
  • , Asma El Sony
  • , Karima El Rhazi
  • , Terence A.R. Seemungal
  • , Padukudru Anand Mahesh
  • , Daniel O. Obaseki
  • , Meriam Denguezli
  • , Rana Ahmed
  • , Hamid Cherkaski
  • , Parvaiz Koul
  • , Abdul Rashid
  • , Richard Li Cher Loh
  • , Herve Lawin
  • , Mohammed Al Ghobain
  • , Asaad Ahmed Nafees
  • , Althea Aquart-Stewart
  • Imed Harrabi, Sonia Buist, Peter G.J. Burney

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)942-945
Number of pages4
JournalThorax
Volume78
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2023

Keywords

  • COPD epidemiology

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