Estimating the prevalence of COPD in an African country: evidence from southern Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

# background

Though several environmental and demographic factors would suggest a high burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in most African countries, there is insufficient country-level synthesis to guide public health policy.

# methods

A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Global Health and African Journals Online identified studies reporting the prevalence of COPD in Nigeria. We provided a detailed synthesis of study characteristics, and overall median and interquartile range (IQR) of COPD prevalence in Nigeria by case definitions (spirometry or non-spirometry).

# results

Of 187 potential studies, eight studies (6 spirometry and 2 non-spirometry) including 4,234 Nigerians met the criteria. From spirometry assessment, which is relatively internal

SUBMITTER: Ale BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9521051 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature