Impaired lung function and mortality in Eastern Europe: results from multi-centre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between impaired lung function and mortality has been well documented in the general population of Western European countries. We assessed the risk of death associated with reduced spirometry indices among people from four Central and Eastern European countries.

Methods

This prospective population-based cohort includes men and women aged 45-69 years, residents in urban settlements in Czech Republic, Poland, Russia and Lithuania, randomly selected from population registers. The baseline survey in 2002-2005 included 36,106 persons of whom 24,993 met the inclusion criteria. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the hazard ratios of mortality over 11-16 years of follow-up for mild, moderate, moderate-severe and very severe lung function

SUBMITTER: Sarycheva T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9153198 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature