From pre-COPD to COPD: a Simple, Low cost and easy to IMplement (SLIM) risk calculator.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lifetime risk of developing clinical COPD among smokers ranges from 13% to 22%. Identifying at-risk individuals who will develop overt disease in a reasonable timeframe may allow for early intervention. We hypothesised that readily available clinical and physiological variables could help identify ever-smokers at higher risk of developing chronic airflow limitation (CAL).

Methods

Among 2273 Lovelace Smokers' Cohort (LSC) participants, we included 677 (mean age 54 years) with normal spirometry at baseline and a minimum of three spirometries, each 1 year apart. Repeated spirometric measurements were used to determine incident CAL. Using logistic regression, demographics, anthropometrics, smoking history, modified Medical Research Council dyspnoea scale, St Georg

SUBMITTER: Divo MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533946 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature