Comorbidities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Koreans: a population-based study.

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Author	Joo, Hyejin Park, Jinkyeong Lee, Sang Do Oh, Yeon-Mok
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) includes pulmonary components with increased comorbidity rates, as well as being a systemic disease. Comorbidities may frequently occur in COPD patients over 40 yr old. We report the comorbidities of patients with COPD, diagnosed by spirometry, in a population-based epidemiologic survey in Korea. Data were derived from the fourth Korean Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2008, a stratified multistage clustered probability design survey of a sample representing the entire population of Korea. Results of spirometry and various health-related questionnaires were analyzed in 2,177 subjects aged ≥ 40 yr. The prevalence of COPD (FEV1/FVC < 0.7) in subjects ≥ 40 yr of age was 14.1%. Multivariate analysis showed that underweight (odds ratio [OR] 3.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-8.98), coronary heart disease (OR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.20-0.93) and dyslipidemia (OR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.45-0.82) were significantly associated with COPD, whereas allergic rhinitis, anemia, arthritis, chronic renal failure, depression, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, gastrointestinal ulcer, and osteoporosis were not. Underweight might be more prevalent but coronary heart disease and dyslipidemia are less prevalent in Koreans with than without COPD in population setting.
ISSN	10118934
Volume Number	27
PubMed Central reference number	PMC3410238
Issue Number	8
PubMed reference number	22876057
Journal	Journal of Korean Medical Science [J. Korean Med. Sci]
e-ISSN	15986357
DOI	10.3346/jkms.2012.27.8.901
Language	English
Publisher	The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
Publisher Date	2012-07-25
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2012 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences.
Subject Keyword	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Comorbidity Population-Based Survey
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine