de Marco, R. and Accordini, S. and Marcon, A. and Cerveri, I. and Antó, J. M. and Gislason, T. and Heinrich, J. and Janson, C. and Jarvis, D. and Künzli, N. and Leynaert, B. and Sunyer, J. and Svanes, C. and Wjst, M. and Burney, P.. (2011) Risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a European cohort of young adults. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, Vol. 183, H. 7. pp. 891-897.
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Abstract
RATIONALE: Few studies have investigated the factors associated with the early inception of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVE: We investigated COPD risk factors in an international cohort of young adults using different spirometric definitions of the disease. METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS: We studied 4,636 non-asthmatic subjects who had pre-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC measured in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey both in 1991-1993 (when they were 20-44 years old) and in 1999-2002. COPD was defined according to the GOLD fixed cut-off criterion (FEV1/FVC>0.70), and two criteria based on the Quanjer and LuftiBus reference equations (FEV1/FVC
| Faculties and Departments: | 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Public Health > Sozial- und Präventivmedizin > Air Pollution and Health (Künzli) 09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Former Units within Swiss TPH > Air Pollution and Health (Künzli) |
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| UniBasel Contributors: | Künzli, Nino |
| Item Type: | Article, refereed |
| Article Subtype: | Research Article |
| Publisher: | American Thoracic Society |
| ISSN: | 0003-0805 |
| Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2013 09:36 |
| Deposited On: | 06 Dec 2013 09:36 |
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