Open Access<p>Different Characteristics of Ex-Smokers and Current Smokers with COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study in China</p>
Author(s) -
Cong Liu,
Wei Cheng,
Yuqin Zeng,
Zijing Zhou,
Yiyang Zhao,
JiaXi Duan,
Ran Wang,
Teng Sun,
Xin Li,
Zhi Xiang,
Ping Chen,
Si Liu
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.s255028
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , smoking cessation , logistic regression , pulmonary disease , outpatient clinic , obstructive lung disease , pack year , cross sectional study , cigarette smoking , physical therapy , pulmonary function testing , pathology
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), usually caused by tobacco smoking, is increased in China. Smoking cessation is the first step in COPD management. Data on predictors of smoking cessation are sparse in COPD patients in China. We aim to find the differences in the clinical characteristics between ex-smokers and current smokers with COPD to determine the factors related to smoking cessation.