Large underreporting of COPD as cause of death-results from a population-based cohort study

In 2019, WHO estimated COPD to be the third leading cause of death in the world. However, COPD is probably underestimated as cause of death due to the well-known under-diagnosis. To evaluate the proportion of and factors associated with COPD recorded as cause of death in a long-term follow-up of a p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Respiratory medicine 2021-09, Vol.186, p.106518-106518, Article 106518
Hauptverfasser:	Lindberg, Anne, Lindberg, Lina, Sawalha, Sami, Nilsson, Ulf, Stridsman, Caroline, Lundbäck, Bo, Backman, Helena
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Cause of Death Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Clinical Medicine Cohort Studies Death Certificates denmark Epidemiology factor follow-up Follow-Up Studies health International Classification of Diseases Klinisk medicin lung-disease Mortality obstructive pulmonary-disease Patient Acuity Physician diagnosis prevalence Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnosis Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - mortality Respiratory System Risk Risk factor Risk Factors smoking Sweden - epidemiology Time Factors underdiagnosis united-states
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Zusammenfassung:	In 2019, WHO estimated COPD to be the third leading cause of death in the world. However, COPD is probably underestimated as cause of death due to the well-known under-diagnosis. To evaluate the proportion of and factors associated with COPD recorded as cause of death in a long-term follow-up of a population-based COPD cohort. The study population includes all individuals (n = 551) with COPD defined as chronic airway obstruction (post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC
ISSN:	0954-6111 1532-3064 1532-3064
DOI:	10.1016/j.rmed.2021.106518