Lung function decline in subjects with and without COPD in a population-based cohort in Latin-America

Lung-function decline is one of the possible mechanisms leading to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We analyzed data obtained from two population-based surveys of adults (n = 2026) conducted in the same individuals 5-9 years (y) after their baseline examination in three Latin-American c...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	PloS one Vol. 12; no. 5; p. e0177032
Main Authors:	Pérez-Padilla, Rogelio, Fernandez-Plata, Rosario, Montes de Oca, Maria, Lopez-Varela, Maria Victorina, Jardim, Jose R., Muiño, Adriana, Valdivia, Gonzalo, Menezes, Ana Maria B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 04.05.2017 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Accidents Adults Age Aged Air flow Analysis Asthma Biology and Life Sciences Biomass Body mass Body mass index Bronchitis Bronchodilators Care and treatment Chest Chronic obstructive lung disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Cigarette smoking Cigarettes Cities Cohort Studies Colleges & universities Computer programs Cooking Coronary artery disease Diabetes mellitus Diagnosis Diseases Division Dosage and administration Education Epidemiology Ethics Evaluation Exposure Female Forced Expiratory Volume Gases Gastritis Heart Heart diseases Heating Hospitals Humans Hypertension Information dissemination Inventories Latin America Lung diseases Male Mathematical models Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Metropolitan areas Middle Aged Mortality Multivariate analysis Population Population decline Population studies Protocol (computers) Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology Pulmonary function tests Research and Analysis Methods Respiration Respiratory diseases Respiratory function Respiratory system agents Risk factors Samples Smoke Smoking Statistical analysis Statistics Stroke Studies Surveys Thorax Tuberculosis Latin America Brazil
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Be the first to leave a comment!