TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of COPD in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
AU - Al Zaabi, Ashraf
AU - Asad, Faisal
AU - Abdou, Jassem
AU - Al Musaabi, Hussain
AU - Al Saiari, Mohammad Badar
AU - Mohammed Buhussien, Ali Saeed
AU - Nagelkerke, Nikolaas
AU - Soriano, Joan B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Background: The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is unknown. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey in a random sample of individuals 40-80 years old in Abu Dhabi, with a particular interest to explore local risk factors other than cigarette smoking. Airflow limitation compatible with COPD was defined as a post-bronchodilator ratio FEV1/FVC <0.70. Results: From 520 participants surveyed (93.7% response rate), 55% male and with a mean age of 52 years, the prevalence of COPD was 3.7% and 95% C.I. (2.0-5.3). There were no differences by gender, and COPD prevalence only significantly increased in those 70 year and older. Among those with COPD, cigarette smoking use was relatively low (12% current- and 12% former-smokers), and it was even lower the use of shisha (5%), pipe (0%), or exposure to passive smoking (5%), while exposure to biomass was higher (33%). Interestingly, bakhour use was very high (78%), but neither bakhour nor any of the above-mentioned exposures were associated with the risk of COPD. Conclusions: COPD prevalence in 40-80 years old in Abu Dhabi was 3.7%, and associations with cigarette smoking or with other local inhaled exposures were not observed. Crown
AB - Background: The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is unknown. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey in a random sample of individuals 40-80 years old in Abu Dhabi, with a particular interest to explore local risk factors other than cigarette smoking. Airflow limitation compatible with COPD was defined as a post-bronchodilator ratio FEV1/FVC <0.70. Results: From 520 participants surveyed (93.7% response rate), 55% male and with a mean age of 52 years, the prevalence of COPD was 3.7% and 95% C.I. (2.0-5.3). There were no differences by gender, and COPD prevalence only significantly increased in those 70 year and older. Among those with COPD, cigarette smoking use was relatively low (12% current- and 12% former-smokers), and it was even lower the use of shisha (5%), pipe (0%), or exposure to passive smoking (5%), while exposure to biomass was higher (33%). Interestingly, bakhour use was very high (78%), but neither bakhour nor any of the above-mentioned exposures were associated with the risk of COPD. Conclusions: COPD prevalence in 40-80 years old in Abu Dhabi was 3.7%, and associations with cigarette smoking or with other local inhaled exposures were not observed. Crown
KW - Abu Dhabi
KW - Burden
KW - COPD
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Smoking
KW - United Arab Emirates
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.12.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 21216136
AN - SCOPUS:79952280880
SN - 0954-6111
VL - 105
SP - 566
EP - 570
JO - Respiratory Medicine
JF - Respiratory Medicine
IS - 4
ER -