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- Title
Assessment of etiological factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in non-smokers.
- Authors
Banday, Sumeera; Afaque, Mohd; Khan, Mohammadd Ashraf
- Abstract
Background:The two main environmental determinants that provide a risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are exposure to biomass smoke and occupational exposures. The present study was conducted to assess etiological factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in non-smokers. Materials & Methods:74 cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) of both genderswere classified into 2 groups. Group I was smokers and group II was non-smokers. Results: Out of 74 patients, males were 50 and females were 24. Out of 74 COPD patients, 54 were smokers and 20 were non-smokers. The etiology was exposure to biomass smoke in 1 and 8, asthma in 3 and 6, treated pulmonary tuberculosis in 16 and 4, occupational exposure in 21 and 1, outdoor air pollution in 8 and 1, low SES in 2 and 0 and LRTI in 3 and 0 patients in group I and II respectively. Conclusion: Common risk factors of COPD in smokers were exposure to biomass smoke, asthma, treated pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Subjects
CHRONIC obstructive pulmonary disease; TUBERCULOSIS; AIR pollution; NON-smokers; OCCUPATIONAL exposure
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research (Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research), 2024, Vol 15, Issue 2, p1331
- ISSN
0975-3583
- Publication type
Article