Assessing the prevalence of COPD in the general population

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: S. Accordini (Verona, Italy), A. Lindberg (Boden, Sweden), P. Adab (Birmingham, United Kingdom), A. Kainu (Hus, Finland)

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LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Continuing to confront COPD international physician survey Z. R. Aisanov, K. J Davis, K. Gaalswyk, M. L. Han, M. Ichinose, A. Menezes, H. Muellerova, Y. M. Oh, T. van der Molen, D. Maninno (Moscow, Russian Federation; Wavre, Belgium; Silver Spring, Ann Arbor, Lexington, United States Of America; Sendai, Japan; Pelotas, Brazil; Uxbridge, United Kingdom; Seoul, Republic Of Korea; Groningen, Netherlands)
Airflow obstruction in the general population: Bronchodilation makes the difference R. Breyer-Kohansal, M. K. Breyer, A. Schrott, A. Hartmann, O. Burghuber, S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria)
Impact of frailty on interpretability of spirometry: The Rotterdam study B. Maes, L. Lahousse, D. W. Loth, V. J. A. Verlinden, G. Ziere, M. C. Zillikens, A. Uitterlinden, F. Rivadeneira, H. Tiemeier, M. A. Ikram, G. F. Joos, A. Hofman, B. H. Stricker, G. G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium; Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Regional distinctions regarding COPD prevalence in Russian Arctic: Results of national population study M. Gambaryan, A. Kalinina, A. Deev, M. Gambaryan (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Prevalence of COPD in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and its relation to smoking S. Makino, C. Ito, H. Sagara, K. Nakae, M. Sonomjamts (Koshigaya, Japan; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
The prevalence of COPD in an African city: Results of the BOLD study, Ile-Ife, Nigeria D. Obaseki, G. Erhabor, P. Burney, S. Buist, O. Awopeju, L. Gnatiuc (Ile-Ife, Nigeria; London, United Kingdom; Portland, United States Of America)
The prevalence and determinants of COPD in an urban community in Lagos, Nigeria O. Ozoh, B. Balogun, O. Oguntunde, C. Nwizu, A. Roberts, V. Inem, O. Bandele (Lagos, Nigeria)
COPD underestimation in an Italian general population sample M. Torres González, S. Baldacci, S. Maio, G. Sarno, S. Cerrai, A. Angino, F. Martini, M. Fresta, G. Viegi (Cáceres, Spain; Pisa, Palermo, Italy)
Geographical variation of prevalence, and under-diagnosis of COPD in urban and rural communities of China: Finding from China Kadoorie Biobank of 0.5M people O. Kurmi, L. Li, M. Smith, M. Augustyn, Y. Guo, R. Collins, R. Peto, Z. Chen (Oxford, United Kingdom; Beijing, China)
Heterogeneity in prevalence and underdiagnosis of COPD: Results from BOLD, EPI-SCAN, PLATINO, and PREPOCOL B. Lamprecht, M. Studnicka, J. Soriano, P. Burney, L. Gnatiuc, S. Buist, B. Kaiser, L. Vanfleteren, M. Miravitlles, C. Torres-Duque, A. Caballero, M. González-García, A. Menezes, R. Perez-Padilla, M. Montes de Oca, F. García-Rio, J. Ancochea (Linz, Salzburg, Austria; Palma, Barcelona, Madrid, Spain; London, United Kingdom; Portland, United States Of America; Maastricht, Horn, Netherlands; Bogota, Colombia; Pelotas, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Caracas, Venezuela)
Spirometry during public events U. Butt, C. P. Criée (Bad Lippspringe, Bovenden/Lenglern, Germany)
How to enhance social knowledge on respiratory diseases? Polish Spirometry Day 2011 and 2013, World Spirometry Day 2012 A. Badyda, P. Dabrowiecki, E. Swietlik, A. Doboszynska, A. Gayer, D. Mucha (Warsaw, Olsztyn, Poland)
A systematic review of models of COPD epidemiology S. McLean, V. Barbour, A. Sheikh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
The New Zealand respiratory health survey- rationale, methodology and response rate J. Fingleton, J. Travers, M. Weatherall, R. Beasley (Wellington, New Zealand)
Correlates of dyspnea in the BOLD study R. Nielsen, W. M. Vollmer, J. A. Hardie, I. S. ólafsdóttir, B. Lamprecht, A. S. Buist, L. Gnatiuc, A. Gulsvik, A. Johannessen, P. Enright (Bergen, Norway; Portland, Tucson, United States Of America; Uppsala, Sweden; Salzburg, Austria; London, United Kingdom)
Impact of spirometer change on serial lung function measurements in population studies P. O. Bridevaux, E. Dupuis-Lozeron, C. Schindler, D. Keidel, N. Probst-Hensch, N. Kuenzli, T. Rochat (Geneva, Basel, Switzerland)
Severity of airways obstruction and severity of COPD, which one? S. Coton, L. Gnatiuc, P. Burney (London, United Kingdom)
Fixed ratio or lower limit of normal for the FEV1/VC ratio: Relation to symptoms and extended lung function tests S. Frantz, P. Wollmer, G. Engström, M. Dencker, C. G. Löfdahl, U. Nihlén (Malmö, Lund, Sweden)
*Prevalence of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) and frequencies of alleles PIS and PIZ in patients with COPD in Brazil* R. Russo, L. Zillmer, O. Nascimento, G. F. Santos, Junior, L. Fritscher, M. Miravitlles, F. Lundgren, M. A. Alves, H. D. C. Gondim, M. P. U. Sales, M. V. C. Oliveira, A. A. L. Souza, J. R. Jardim (São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Recife, Fortaleza, Goiania, Brazil; Barcelona, Spain)
Epidemiology of COPD in North America and Europe: Results from a systematic literature review D. Mapel, S. Lanes, M. Jeffers, B. Teltsch, B. Goldstein (Albuquerque, Lexington, Hampton, United States Of America)