Health-related quality of life and risk factors associated with spirometric restriction

[摘要] The restrictive spirometric pattern is associated with a substantial morbidity and mortality burden. We sought to determine to what extent spirometric restriction is associated with impaired quality of life.We used data from two large population-based European cohorts: 6698 European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) and 6069 Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Diseases in Adults (SAPALDIA) adult participants. The restrictive pattern was defined as forced expiratory volume in 1xe2x80x85s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) xe2x89xa5lower limit of normal (LLN) and FVC

[学科分类] 呼吸医学