Open AccessAssociation Between Airflow Limitation and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Japanese Population
Author(s) -
Kazuhiko Watanabe,
Ayumi Onoue,
Hisamitsu Omori,
Kensuke Kubota,
Minoru Yoshida,
Takahiko Katoh
Publication year - 2021
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.s291477
Subject(s) - medicine , intima media thickness , odds ratio , confidence interval , cardiology , dyslipidemia , body mass index , logistic regression , vital capacity , carotid arteries , lung function , obesity , lung , diffusing capacity
This study aimed to reveal the association between airflow limitation (AL) and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) according to smoking status in Japan.