RT Journal Article
T1 Respiratory symptoms and their determinants in the general Spanish population: changes over 20 years
A1 Miravitlles, Marc
A1 Jose Soler-Cataluna, Juan
A1 Soriano, Joan B.
A1 Garcia-Rio, Francisco
A1 De Lucas, Pilar
A1 Alfageme, Inmaculada
A1 Casanova, Ciro
A1 Rodriguez Gonzalez-Moro, Jose Miguel
A1 Sanchez, Guadalupe
A1 Ancochea, Julio
A1 Cosio, Borja G.
K1 Physical-activity survey
K1 Copd
K1 Validation
K1 Questionnaire
K1 Community
K1 Mortality
K1 Dyspnea
K1 Adults
K1 Scale
AB 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
PB European respiratory soc journals ltd
YR 2022
FD 2022-10-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20256
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/20256
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 7, 2025