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Is adult height related to the risk of having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Author(s) -

Kathleen Ward,

Richard Hubbard

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of epidemiology and community health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1470-2738

pISSN - 0143-005X

DOI - 10.1136/jech.2009.096792

Subject(s) - copd , medicine , pulmonary disease , odds ratio , socioeconomic status , logistic regression , risk factor , cross sectional study , disease , odds , pediatrics , population , environmental health , pathology

A number of historical studies have suggested that early life deprivation increases the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adult life, but whether this is still true now that living conditions have improved is not known. The aim of this study is to quantify the current association between adult height (a marker of socioeconomic status in early life) and COPD and to determine how this varies by age.

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