Variations in the prevalence across countries of chronic bronchitis and smoking habits in young adults

I. Cerveri; S. Accordini; G. Verlato; A. Corsico; M. C. Zoia; L. Casali; P. Burney; R. de Marco

doi:10.1183/09031936.01.00087101

Variations in the prevalence across countries of chronic bronchitis and smoking habits in young adults

I. Cerveri, S. Accordini, G. Verlato, A. Corsico, M. C. Zoia, L. Casali, P. Burney, R. de Marco

IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo

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The present work aims to assess the international variation in the prevalence of chronic bronchitis and its main risk factor, smoking habits, in young adults of 35 centres from 16 countries. Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function were assessed in 17,966 subjects (20-44 yrs), randomly selected from the general population, in the frame of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. The median prevalence of chronic bronchitis was 2.6%, with wide variations across countries (p <0.001; 0.7 - 9.7%). The prevalence of current smokers ranged 20.1 - 56.9% (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-92
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Respiratory Journal
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.01.00087101
Publication status	Published - 2001

Keywords

Chronic bronchitis
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Risk factors
Smoking
Young adults

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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