ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2019
Association of Symptoms of Obstructive Lung Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Older Adult Smokers.
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- Association of non-obstructive dyspnoea with all-cause mortality and incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.BMJ open respiratory research · 2024Pooled it
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- Lung function impairment in the German Lung Cancer Screening Intervention Study (LUSI): prevalence, symptoms, and associations with lung cancer risk, tumor histology and all-cause mortality.Translational lung cancer research · 2022Article
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Population Studies in Russia and Norway: Comparison of Prevalence, Awareness and Management.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aims to investigate the impact of respiratory symptoms in current and former smokers with and without obstructive lung disease (OLD) on all-cause mortality.
designSecondary analysis in a prospective cohort (the Health, Aging and Body Composition study).
settingMemphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
participantsBlack and white men and women with a history of current and former smoking (N = 596; 63% male and 37% female) aged 70-79 years followed for 13 years. Participants were categorized into 4 mutually exclusive groups based on symptom profile and forced expiratory volume in the 1st second to forced vital capacity ratio. The groups were Less Dyspnea-No OLD (N = 196), More Dyspnea-No OLD (N = 104), Less Dyspnea-With OLD (N = 162), and More Dyspnea-With OLD (N = 134). MEASUREMENTS: All-cause mortality.
resultsOverall, 53% in Less Dyspnea-No OLD, 63% in More Dyspnea-No OLD, 67% in Less Dyspnea-With OLD, and 84% in More Dyspnea-With OLD died within the 13- year follow up period (log-rank χ
conclusionsOLD is associated with high risk of death with different risk profiles based on symptom group. Patients with symptoms of shortness of breath without OLD should be considered an at-risk group given their similar mortality to those with OLD with minimal symptoms. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2116-2122, 2019.
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