Epidemiology of chronic airway disease: results from a cross-sectional survey in Beijing, China

Although the epidemiology of chronic airway disease (CAD) has been investigated in several population-based studies, the findings of these studies are diverse. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of CAD and its associated factors in urban northern China. A cross-sectional study was conducted amon...

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Published in:Journal of thoracic disease 2018-11, Vol.10 (11), p.6168-6175
Main Authors: Zhang, Hong, Dong, Li, Kang, Yi-Kun, Lu, Yong, Wei, Hui-Hong, Huang, Jie, Wang, Xue, Huang, Kewu
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Summary:Although the epidemiology of chronic airway disease (CAD) has been investigated in several population-based studies, the findings of these studies are diverse. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of CAD and its associated factors in urban northern China. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 29,359 Chinese adults aged ≥20 years. All participants were randomly recruited from two urban communities in Beijing and asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire that enquired about the demographic characteristics as well as the diagnosis of CAD and CAD-related symptoms. In all, 26,166 participants completed the questionnaire, with the response rate being 89.1%. The prevalence of diagnosed CAD was 9.0% among men and 7.2% among women, with a total prevalence of 8.1%. Furthermore, 11.5% of the investigated subjects had CAD-related symptoms. Women had a lower risk of developing wheezing, cough, dyspnea, and diagnosed CAD than men (P
ISSN:2072-1439
2077-6624
DOI:10.21037/jtd.2018.10.44