Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification of lung disease and mortality: findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

• Published in: Respiratory medicine Vol. 100; no. 1; pp. 115 - 122
• Main Authors: Mannino, David M., Doherty, Dennis E., Sonia Buist, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2006; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; African Continental Ancestry Group; Aged; Americas - epidemiology; Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research); Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma; Cohort Studies; Cohort study; COPD; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume; GOLD classification; Humans; Lung function; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pneumology; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - classification; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - mortality; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; Smoking; Tobacco, tobacco smoking; Toxicology; Vital Capacity; Americas; Lung function; GOLD classification; Mortality; Cohort study; COPD; Smoking; Gold; Lung disease; Prognosis; Respiratory disease; Tobacco smoking; Cardiovascular disease; Risk; Epidemiology; Vascular disease; Chronic; Atherosclerosis; Classification; Risk factor; Bronchus disease; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Community
• ISSN: 0954-6111; 1532-3064
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.03.035

To determine whether a modified Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) classification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) predicts mortality in a cohort of subjects followed for up to 11 years. We analyzed data from 15,759 adult participants, aged 43–66 years at baseline,...