Osteopontin in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Smokers and ex-smokers

[Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk factors in smokers and ex-smokers].

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in smokers and ex-smokers over 40 years of age and describe the associated risk factors. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study at primary care level in which 444 current or ex-smokers 40 years of age or older were enrolled. Spirometry was performed with all subjects. If the ratio of forced ...

Oxidant/antioxidant imbalance in smokers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A Comparison of Smoking Cessation Methods in Normal Smokers and Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Cigarette smoking is the most important health issue of our time and the most preventable cause of disease and death. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a frequent consequence of chronic cigarette smoke exposure. Patients with COPD who have not stopped smoking earlier in the course of their disease are particularly refractory to current smoking interventions. Most of the current sm...

FUMEPOC: Early detection of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers

BACKGROUND Currently is not feasible using conventional spirometry as a screening method in Primary Care especially among smoking population to detect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in early stages. Therefore, the FUMEPOC study protocol intends to analyze the validity and reliability of Vitalograph COPD-6 spirometer as simpler tool to aid screening and diagnosis of this disease in early ...

Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in asymptomatic smokers

BACKGROUND Physicians do not routinely recommend smokers to undergo spirometry unless they are symptomatic. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that there are a significant number of asymptomatic smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we estimated the prevalence of COPD in a group of asymptomatic smokers. METHODS Two thousand nine hundred and sixty-one smokers with a cumula...