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Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk factors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2008-2009
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related risk factors. METHODS:A population-based cross-sectional study with 1,441 individuals of both sexes aged 40 years or more was conducted in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, between 2008 and 2009. A two-stage (census tract, household) cluster random sampling stratified by sex and age was used and data was collected through home interviews. Multiple Poisson regression was used in the adjusted analysis. RESULTS: Of all respondents, 4.2% (95%CI: 3.1;5.4) reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. After adjustment the following factors were found independently associated with self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: number of cigarettes smoked in their lifetime (>1,500 vs. none) (PR=3.85; 95%CI: 1.87;7.94); easily fatigued (yes vs. no) (PR=2.61; 95%CI: 1.39;4.90); age (60;69 vs. 50;59) (PR 3.27; 95%CI: 1.01;11.24); age (70 and over vs. 50;59) (PR 4.29; 95%CI: 1.30;11.29); health conditions in the last 15 days (yes vs. no) (PR=1.31; 95%CI: 1.02;1.77); leisure-time physical activity (yes vs. no) (PR-0.57; 95%CI: 0.26;0.97). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is high in the population studied and is associated with smoking and age over 60. Frequent health conditions and low leisure-time physical activity are a consequence of the disease.45588789
Apolipoprotein E, periodontal disease and the risk for atherosclerosis: a review
Foundation of Support to the Scientific and Technological Development of the State of Ceara/Brazil (FUNCAP) PPSUS grant, the Brazilian
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) Procad
(071/2013 # 144494), and by the National Council for Science and Technological
Development (CNPq, grant number 467143/2014-5)
Sistema Nacional de Inovação em Saúde: relações entre áreas da ciência e setores econômicos
Cultural adaptation and validation of the herth hope index for portuguese language: study in patients with chronic illness
Clinical signs of pneumonia in children: association with and prediction of diagnosis by fuzzy sets theory
Perfil de produção do exame citopatológico para controle do câncer do colo do útero em Minas Gerais, Brasil, em 2002
Measuring trauma severity using the 1998 and 2005 revisions of the Abbreviated Injury Scale
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