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Health-Related Quality Of Life And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease In North Carolina, David W. Brown, Roy Pleasants, Jill A. Ohar, Monica Kraft, James F. Donohue, David M. Mannino, Winston Liao, Harry Herric
Health-Related Quality Of Life And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease In North Carolina, David W. Brown, Roy Pleasants, Jill A. Ohar, Monica Kraft, James F. Donohue, David M. Mannino, Winston Liao, Harry Herric
David M. Mannino
Background:
Comparisons of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and adults in the general population are not well described.
Aims:
To examine associations between COPD and four measures of HRQOL in a population-based sample.
Patients & Methods:
These relationships were examined using data from 13,887 adults aged >18 years who participated in the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) conducted in North Carolina (NC). Logistic regression was used to obtain adjusted relative odds (aOR).
Results:
The age-adjusted prevalence of COPD among NC adults was 5.4% (standard error 0.27). Nearly half of adults …