Association between pregnancy and pregnancy loss with COPD in Chinese women: The China Kadoorie Biobank study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory lung disease characterized by airflow blockage. Pregnancy and pregnancy loss may be related to an elevated risk of COPD, although studies have yet to report on this association. Hence, this study aims to investigate the association between pregnancy and pregnancy loss with the risk of COPD among Chinese women.

Methods

Data on 302,510 female participants from the China Kadoorie Biobank were utilized for this study. Multivariable logistic regression, stratified by sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, was employed to obtain the odds ratio (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between pregnancy and pregnancy loss with COPD.

Results

Pregnancy loss was significantly associat

SUBMITTER: Huang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660272 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature