TY - JOUR
T1 - Body mass index and chronic airflow limitation in a worldwide population-based study
AU - Vanfleteren, Lowie E. G. W.
AU - Lamprecht, Bernd
AU - Studnicka, Michael
AU - Kaiser, Bernhard
AU - Gnatiuc, Louisa
AU - Burney, Peter
AU - Wouters, Emiel F. M.
AU - Franssen, Frits M. E.
PY - 2016/5
Y1 - 2016/5
N2 - Nutritional status has been associated with clinical outcome in chronic airflow limitation (CAL), but epidemiological studies are scarce. We aimed to assess the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and CAL, taking into account confounding factors. 18,606 participants (49% male, 21% smokers, mean age: 55.8 +/- 11.2 years, mean BMI: 26.7 +/- 5.5 kg/m(2)) of the BOLD initiative from 26 sites in 23 countries were included. CAL was defined as post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in the first second/forced vital capacity <lower limit of normal. Low and obese BMI were defined as
AB - Nutritional status has been associated with clinical outcome in chronic airflow limitation (CAL), but epidemiological studies are scarce. We aimed to assess the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and CAL, taking into account confounding factors. 18,606 participants (49% male, 21% smokers, mean age: 55.8 +/- 11.2 years, mean BMI: 26.7 +/- 5.5 kg/m(2)) of the BOLD initiative from 26 sites in 23 countries were included. CAL was defined as post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in the first second/forced vital capacity <lower limit of normal. Low and obese BMI were defined as
KW - Chronic airflow limitation
KW - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
KW - body mass index
KW - burden of obstructive lung disease (BOLD)
U2 - 10.1177/1479972315626012
DO - 10.1177/1479972315626012
M3 - Article
C2 - 26768010
SN - 1479-9723
VL - 13
SP - 90
EP - 101
JO - Chronic respiratory disease
JF - Chronic respiratory disease
IS - 2
ER -