Respiratory symptoms and illness in older Australians: the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study.

Authors :: Toelle, Brett G.
Wei Xuan
Bird, Tessa E.
Abramson, Michael J.
Atkinson, David N.
Burton, Deborah L.
James, Alan L.
Jenkins, Christine R.
Johns, David P.
Maguire, Graeme P.
Musk, A. W. (Bill)
Walters, E. Haydn
Wood-Baker, Richard
Hunter, Michael L.
Graham, Bruce J.
Southwell, Phillipa J.
Vollmer, William M.
Buist, A. Sofia
Marks, Guy B.
Source :: Medical Journal of Australia; 2/18/2013, Vol. 198 Issue 3, p144-148, 5p
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The article presents a study which measured chronic obstructive lung diseases (COPD) prevalence in people aged 40 or above in Australia. It states that spirometry was used to measure forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV<subscript>1</subscript>), and the FEV<subscript>1</subscript>/FVC ratio. It notes that spirometric evidence and symptoms of the disease increase with age and were common in people 40 or above.

Subjects :: OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases
DISEASE prevalence
DISEASES in adults
SPIROMETRY
SYMPTOMS

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