ArticleChest2016
Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life Between New Mexican Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Smokers.
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- Association between cardiovascular health and perceived quality of life in ethnically diverse adults: insights from the Community of Mine study using the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Hispanics. A 9-Year Update.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2018Review
- Differences in Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Structure Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Smokers: A Comparative Study.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2017Article
- Alteration of the irisin-brain-derived neurotrophic factor axis contributes to disturbance of mood in COPD patients.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking is associated with impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL) across all populations. Because decline in lung function and risk for COPD are lower in New Mexican Hispanic smokers compared with their non-Hispanic white (NHW) counterparts, the goal of this study was to ascertain whether HRQL differs between these two racial/ethnic groups and determine the factors that contribute to this difference.
methodsWe compared the score results of the Medical Outcomes Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) in 378 Hispanic subjects and 1,597 NHW subjects enrolled in the Lovelace Smokers' Cohort (LSC) from New Mexico. The associations of race/ethnicity with SGRQ and SF-36 were assessed by using multivariable regression.
resultsPhysical functioning (difference, -4.5; P = .0008) but not mental health or role emotional domains of the SF-36 was worse in Hispanic smokers than in their NWH counterparts in multivariable analysis. SGRQ total score and its activity and impact subscores were worse in Hispanic (vs NHW) smokers after adjustment for education level, current smoking, pack-years smoked, BMI, number of comorbidities, and FEV
conclusionsNew Mexican Hispanic smokers have clinically relevant, lower HRQL than their NHW counterparts. A perception of diminished physical functioning and impairment in daily life activities contribute to the poorer HRQL among Hispanic subjects.
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