Epidemiology of COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy), C. Redlich (New Haven, Ct, United States of America)
Health care utilization of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Korea
H. H. Jeon, Y. S. Kim, S. K. Kim, Y. M. Oh, S. D. Lee (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Assessing the incidence pattern of pneumonia among COPD patients with or without exposure to inhaled steroids
V. Kiri, G. Visick, C. Chigbo, G. Hagan, H. Muellerova, K. Davis (Greenford, Middlesex, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; Research Triangle Park, NC, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Advantages of FEV1/height2 and FEV1/height3 over percentage predicted value
S. Chinn, T. Gislason (London, United Kingdom; Reykjavik, Iceland)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia episodes in COPD patients in England and Wales
H. Muellerova, V. Kiri, C. Chigbo, J. Wedzicha, M. Woodhead, M. Miravitlles, N. Boudiaf, G. Hagan, K. Davis (Greenford, Cheshunt, London, Manchester, United Kingdom; Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
C-reactive protein in COPD and associations with smoking and body mass index
S. Frantz, U. Nihlen, G. Engstrom, C. G. Lofdahl, P. Wollmer (Malmo, Lund, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Measurement of COPD severity: further validation of a survey-based instrument
M. Eisner, P. Katz, C. Iribarren, E. Yelin, P. Blanc (San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Urban air pollution and COPD emergency room visits
S. Cendon, M. Arbex, J. R. Batalha, F. F. Arbex, G. M. Conceição, A. C. Lopes, E. P. Moyses, S. L. Santiago, L. Pereira, A. L. F. Braga (Santos, São Paulo, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Inflammation-sensitive plasma proteins are associated with increased incidence of COPD
G. Engström, M. Ekberg-Aronsson, P. Nilsson, F. Lindgärde, C. G. Löfdahl (Malmö, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Supplementation with n-3 fatty acids and markers of oxidative stress in elderly exposed to PM2.5
I. Romieu, R. Garcia-Esteban, J. Sunyer, C. Rios, F. Holguin (Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, DF, Mexico; Barcelona, Spain; Atlanta, GA, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Role of physical activity in clinical and functional status in COPD patients
J. Garcia-Aymerich, J. Roca, M. Orozco-Levi, A. Agustí, J. B. Gáldiz, J. Sauleda, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, J. M. Antó (Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Barakaldo, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Neutrophilia is not associated with complications during hospitalisation
R. Schweizer, K. Velthove, M. Bracke, P. Souverein, M. Ten Berg, B. Leufkens, W. van Solinge (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Measuring disease-specific utilities for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) based on health profiles instead of health states
M. Rutten-van Molken, M. Hoogendoorn, L. Lamers (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive lung disease in Poland – results from the BOLD study in Poland
F. Mejza, J. Frey, E. Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, M. Twardowska, W. Skucha, R. Harat, A. Pajak, P. Nastalek, M. Allison, W. Volmer, S. Buist (Cracow, Chrzanow, Proszowice, Poland; Portland, OR, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Health-related quality of life in women outpatients with COPD in daily practice
A. Martin, J. Rodriguez-GonzalezMoro, J. L. Izquierdo, E. Gobartt, I. Diaz, P. de Lucas (Madrid, Guadalajara, Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Baseline characteristics of patients admitted for the first time for COPD exacerbation. The ²phenotype and course of COPD² (PAC-COPD) study
E. Balcells Vilarnau, J. Garcia-Aymerich, J. M. Antó (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Tiotropium use in COPD: association with clinical diagnosis assignment
P. D. Blanc, M. D. Eisner, E. H. Yelin, G. Earnest, J. R. Balmes, P. P. Katz (San Francisco, CA, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Mortality of patients with COPD
E. Shehu, J. Bushati (Tirana, Albania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Oxygen saturation in a COPD-cohort compared with age and sex matched controls
A. Lindberg, L. G. Larsson, A. C. Jonsson, S. Sundberg, L. Hedman, E. Rönmark, B. Lundbäck (Luleå, Umeå, Stockholm, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Asthma control and its determinants. The European community respiratory health survey (ECRHS) II
L. Cazzoletti, A. Marcon, C. Janson, S. Accordini, M. Bugiani, A. Gulsvik, D. Jarvis, R. de Marco (Verona, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract