Open Access<p>Associated Factors and Comorbidities of Airflow Limitation in Subjects Undergoing Comprehensive Health Examination in Japan – Survey of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Epidemiology in Japan (SCOPE- J)</p>
Author(s) -
Hisamitsu Omori,
Noritaka Higashi,
Takeshi Nawa,
Toshiki Fukui,
Toshihiko Kaise,
Takeo Suzuki
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.s272588
Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , copd , underweight , overweight , diabetes mellitus , chronic cough , body mass index , national health and nutrition examination survey , physical therapy , asthma , population , environmental health , endocrinology
To identify associated factors of having at least one of the airflow limitation, chronic cough/phlegm, and currently treated respiratory diseases in health examinees, and to describe the characteristics of each subgroup classified by comorbidities.