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SUBMITTER: Montes de Oca M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5401386 | biostudies-other | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Montes de Oca Maria M Victorina Lopez Varela Maria M Laucho-Contreras Maria E ME Casas Alejandro A Schiavi Eduardo E Mora Juan Carlos JC
BMC pulmonary medicine 20170421 1
<h4>Background</h4>Asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) prevalence varies depending on the studied population and definition criteria. The prevalence and clinical characteristics of ACOS in an at-risk COPD primary care population from Latin America was assessed.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients ≥40 years, current/ex-smokers and/or exposed to biomass, attending routine primary care visits completed a questionnaire and performed spirometry. COPD was defined as post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in ...[more]