Open Access<p>In Patients with Mild-to-Moderate COPD, Tobacco Smoking, and Not COPD, Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Comorbidity</p>
Author(s) -
Thibaud Soumagne,
Alicia Guillien,
Nicolás Roche,
Isabella AnnesiMaesano,
Pascal Andujar,
Lucie Laurent,
S. Jouneau,
M. Botebol,
JeanJacques Laplante,
JeanCharles Dalphin,
Bruno Degano
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s253417
Subject(s) - copd , medicine , spirometry , comorbidity , physical therapy , disease , pulmonary disease , environmental health , asthma
Comorbidities including cardiovascular diseases are very common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) secondary to tobacco smoking and contribute to the overall severity of the disease. In non-smoking COPD, which accounts for about 25% of COPD cases worldwide, current knowledge on the frequency and determinants of comorbidities remains scarce. The aims of the current study were to assess the frequency of major comorbidities and to evaluate their determinants in a group of non-selected patients with mild-to-moderate COPD who were exposed to organic dust (dairy farmers), to tobacco smoking, or to both, and in controls without COPD who were exposed to organic dust (dairy farmers), or to tobacco smoking, or to both, or who were without exposure.