Development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after a tuberculosis episode in a large, population-based cohort from Eastern China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although smoking is considered the primary cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there is a growing realization that there may be important secondary risk factors. Tuberculosis may lead to lung impairment; however, whether residual lung damage results in clinically significant, long-term outcomes, independent of smoking, has not been well studied. We aimed to investigate the association between tuberculosis and the subsequent development of COPD using a large, population-based cohort study.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal cohort study within the Chinese Electronic Health Records Research in Yinzhou study between 2009 and 2021. We followed participants free of COPD at the beginning of the study, and investigated whether previous or current tube

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11849956 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature