@article{98930bce2df14c009dda47a760456992,
title = "Chronic airflow obstruction attributable to poverty in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study",
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.",
keywords = "COPD epidemiology",
author = "Patel, \{Jaymini H.\} and Amaral, \{Andre F.S.\} and Cosetta Minelli and Elfadaly, \{Fadlalla G.\} and Kevin Mortimer and \{El Sony\}, Asma and Rhazi, \{Karima El\} and Seemungal, \{Terence A.R.\} and Mahesh, \{Padukudru Anand\} and Obaseki, \{Daniel O.\} and Meriam Denguezli and Rana Ahmed and Hamid Cherkaski and Parvaiz Koul and Abdul Rashid and Loh, \{Richard Li Cher\} and Herve Lawin and \{Al Ghobain\}, Mohammed and Nafees, \{Asaad Ahmed\} and Althea Aquart-Stewart and Imed Harrabi and Sonia Buist and Burney, \{Peter G.J.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.",
year = "2023",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1136/thorax-2022-218668",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "78",
pages = "942--945",
journal = "Thorax",
issn = "0040-6376",
publisher = "BMJ Publishing Group",
number = "9",
}