Open Access<p>Impact of Education on COPD Severity and All-Cause Mortality in Lifetime Never-Smokers and Longtime Ex-Smokers: Results of the COSYCONET Cohort</p>
Author(s) -
Johanna I. Lutter,
Rudolf A. Jörres,
Tobias Welte,
Henrik Watz,
Benjamin Waschki,
Peter Alter,
Franziska Trudzinski,
Johan Ohlander,
Jürgen Behr,
Robert Bals,
Michael Studnicka,
Rolf Holle,
Claus Vogelmeier,
Kathrin Kahnert
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.s273839
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , cohort , hazard ratio , asthma , socioeconomic status , bronchiectasis , cohort study , pulmonary function testing , lung , population , confidence interval , environmental health
Beyond smoking, several risk factors for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been described, among which socioeconomic status including education is of particular interest. We studied the contribution of education to lung function and symptoms relative to smoking in a group of never-smokers with COPD compared to a group of long-time ex-smokers with COPD.