Prevalence of airflow obstruction in U.S. adults aged 40-79 years: NHANES data 1988-1994 and 2007-2010

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• Personal Author:
  Beeckman-Wagner L-A ; Dillon CF ; Doney B ; Hnizdo, Eva ; Paulose-Ram R ; Tilert T ; Wolz M
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: The study evaluated the change in the prevalence of airflow obstruction in the U.S. population 40-79 years of age from years 1988-1994 to 2007-2010. METHODS: Spirometry data from two representative samples of the U.S. population, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) conducted in 1988-1994 and 2007-2010, were used. The American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) criteria were used to define airflow obstruction. RESULTS: Based on ATS/ERS criteria, the overall age-adjusted prevalence of airflow obstruction among adults aged 40-79 years decreased from 16.6% to 14.5% (p < 0.05). Significant decreases were observed for the older age category 60-69 years (20.2% vs. 15.4%; p < 0.01), for males (19.0% vs. 15.4%; p < 0.01), and for Mexican American adults (12.7% vs. 8.4%; p < 0.001). The prevalence of moderate and more severe airflow obstruction decreased also (6.4% vs. 4.4%; p < 0.01). Based on ATS/ERS criteria, during 2007-2010, an estimated 18.3 million U.S. adults 40-79 years had airflow obstruction, 5.6 million had moderate or severe airflow obstruction and 1.4 million had severe airflow obstruction. CONCLUSIONS: The overall age-adjusted prevalence of airflow obstruction among U.S. adults aged 40-79 years decreased from 1988-1994 to 2007-2010, especially among older adults, Mexican Americans, and males. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Chronic Disease Demography Lung Lung Diseases Men Occupational Health Race Factors Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Airway-obstruction Airway-resistance Author Keywords: Airflow Obstruction Chronic-inflammation Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Demographic-characteristics Health-surveys Information-retrieval-systems Lung-disease Lung-disorders Lung-function NHANES Pulmonary-function Pulmonary-function-tests Pulmonary-system-disorders Racial-factors Respiratory-system-disorders Spirometry Statistical-analysis Surveillance

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• ISSN:
  1541-2555
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  355-365
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045156
• Citation:
  COPD 2015 Aug; 12(4):355-365
• Contact Point Address:
  Brent Doney, Division of Repiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIOSH), 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA
• Email:
  bdoney@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  urn:sha-512:4f78488a39eec62836ed1012ef7c71c1c31502bdec0928d8e44e57dc1f1890740414953247297f918890ad5c782eea76fe31db75ab8717cedb09f5e18b37b7f2
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