Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in China: A Large, Population-based Survey

• Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Vol. 176; no. 8; pp. 753 - 760
• Main Authors: Zhong, Nanshan, Wang, Chen, Yao, Wanzhen, Chen, Ping, Kang, Jian, Huang, Shaoguang, Chen, Baoyuan, Wang, Changzheng, Ni, Diantao, Zhou, Yumin, Liu, Shengming, Wang, Xiaoping, Wang, Dali, Lu, Jiachun, Zheng, Jingping, Ran, Pixin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Am Thoracic Soc 15.10.2007; American Lung Association; American Thoracic Society
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Distribution; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Asymptomatic; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; China - epidemiology; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma; Cough - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dust; Dyspnea - epidemiology; Educational Status; Electrocardiography; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Logistic Models; Lung diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Petroleum - adverse effects; Pneumology; Prevalence; Provinces; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Pulmonary hypertension. Acute cor pulmonale. Pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary vascular diseases; Questionnaires; Respiratory Mucosa; Respiratory Sounds; Rural areas; Rural Population; Sample size; Sampling Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Distribution; Smoking - epidemiology; Spirometry; Urban Population; Ventilation; Asia; China; United Kingdom > UK; Beijing China; GOLD; Intensive care; Prevalence; Cross sectional study; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Epidemiology; Resuscitation; cross-sectional studies

The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China is largely unknown. To obtain the COPD prevalence in China through a large-population, spirometry-based, cross-sectional survey of COPD. Urban and rural population-based cluster samples were randomly selected from seven province...