Annual Congress Glasgow 2004

Saturday, 04.09.2004
Sunday, 05.09.2004
Monday, 06.09.2004
Tuesday, 07.09.2004
Wednesday, 08.09.2004

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, abstract number.

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3888 Abstracts
555 Slide presentations
20 Webcasts
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COPD: prevalence and risk factors

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden), H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands)

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Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a western Norwegian community - a comparison of spirometric disease criteria A. Johannessen, E. R. Omenaas, P. S. Bakke, A. Gulsvik (Bergen, Norway)
Prevalence and risk factors of spirometric defined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a Norwegian community A. Johannessen, E. R. Omenaas, P. S. Bakke, A. Gulsvik (Bergen, Norway)
PLATINO: a population based study on COPD prevalence in Montevideo, Uruguay A. Muinio Garcia, M. V. Lopez Varela, M. N. Marquez, R. Perez Padilla, P. Hallal, A. Menezes, the Platino Group (Montevideo, Uruguay; Mexico, Mexico; Pelotas, Brazil)
COPD prevalence in Hungary in general population. A screening based on questionnaires and spirometry coupled to X-ray screening J. Strausz, Z. Gyori, A. Weltner, E. Bérdi, Z. Márk, E. Farkas, I. Mészáros, P. Kiss (Törökbálint, Hungary)
Prevalence of COPD is similar in females and males R. Plywaczewski, M. Bednarek, L. Jonczak, J. Zielinski, D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland)
Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) in population aged 40-69 in Konak-Izmir-Turkey A. Guzelant, U. Gundogdu, C. Ar, A. S. Beliner, M. Boncu, I. Padir (Konak, Yenisehir, Turkey)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 55 years old women from Germany according to GOLD stages U. Kraemer, V. Reimann, D. Sugiri, B. Pesch (Düsseldorf, Bochum, Germany)
Gender differences in the relationship between body mass index and COPD severity U. Gonlugur, I. Akkurt, Z. Cinar, T. E. Gonlugur (Sivas, Turkey)
The face of COPD in Scotland now and in the future is increasingly female and poor D. T. Williams (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Expiratory flow limitation in elderly people C. De Bisschop, M. L. Marty, J. F. Tessier, H. Guénard (Poitiers, Bordeaux, France)
Searching for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the over 65 people: suggestions for a cost-effective approach R. Pistelli, F. Catalano, R. Antonelli Incalzi, N. Scichilone, V. Bellia (Roma, Palermo, Italy)
Environmental tobacco smoke is a risk factor for COPD B. Eriksson, C. Byung-Soon, E. Ronmark, A. C. Jonsson, A. Lindberg, L. G. Larsson, B. Lundback (Stockholm, Lulea, Umea, Sweden; Seoul, South Korea)
Longitudinal surveys within the OLIN studies – the 1^st cohort; design, participation, and mortality during 18 years A. C. Jonsson, L. Hedman, S. Sundberg, A. Lindberg, U. Hedlund, L. G. Larsson, E. Ronmark, B. Lundback (Lulea, Stockholm, Umea, Sweden)
Severity distribution of COPD in primary care D. Price, D. G. Tinkelman, R. J. Nordyke, S. Isonaka, R. J. Halbert (Aberdeen, United Kingdom; Denver, Beverly Hills, United States Of America)
Trends in COPD mortality in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, 1979 - 2002 V. Vondra, M. Maly, E. Svandova, E. Rozborilova (Prague, Czech Republic; Martin, Slovakia)
Respiratory health survey in Serbia V. I. Petrovic, M. D. Vukcevic, M. M. Mitic-Milikic, P. D. Rebic, Z. M. Lazic, A. P. Dudvarski-Ilic, B. A. Milenkovic, L. M. Nagorni-Obradovic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
Airway obstruction findings in the lung function testing: prevalence and determinants A. U. Demir, H. Firat, S. Ardiç, G. Darilmaz Yüce, Z. Yildirim, I. Bardakçi, P. Alagöz (Ankara, Turkey)
Decline VC and FEV1, survival analysis and medical geography gradient: inland-coast in Croatia M. B. Pavlovic (Zagreb, Croatia)