Respiratory symptoms and their determinants in the general Spanish population: changes over 20 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few large epidemiological studies have analysed the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and their determinants in the general adult population. We investigated the prevalence and determinants of respiratory symptoms and compared their prevalence with that of two previous studies conducted in 1999 and 2009.

Method

EPISCAN II was a multicentre, cross-sectional, population-based epidemiological study in individuals older than 40 years.

Results

A total of 9092 individuals were included. Up to 47.5% reported at least one respiratory symptom, being more frequent in women than in men (49.4% versus 45.5%, p=0.0002) and with wheezing being the most frequent (33.7%) followed by dyspnoea (26.8%). The presence of any symptom was associated with female sex, higher

SUBMITTER: Miravitlles M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9661281 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature