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 |
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| Pages (from-to) | 942-945 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Thorax |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Jul 2023 |
Keywords
- COPD epidemiology