Publication: Respiratory symptoms and their determinants in the general Spanish population: changes over 20 years
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2022-10-01
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Miravitlles, Marc
Jose Soler-Cataluna, Juan
Soriano, Joan B.
Garcia-Rio, Francisco
De Lucas, Pilar
Alfageme, Inmaculada
Casanova, Ciro
Rodriguez Gonzalez-Moro, Jose Miguel
Sanchez, Guadalupe
Ancochea, Julio
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European respiratory soc journals ltd
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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 body mass index (BMI), lower forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1 % pred), reduced physical activity, a higher Charlson index and the presence of anxiety and depression. Smoking was also significantly associated with having at least one respiratory symptom in a dose-response fashion (OR: 1.415, 1.916, 2.192 and 2.987 for 0-10, 10-20, 20-30 and >30 pack-years, respectively, all p30 pack-years, respectively, all p
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Physical-activity survey, Copd, Validation, Questionnaire, Community, Mortality, Dyspnea, Adults, Scale