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Comprehensive estimate of lifetime risk for COPD

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More than 1 in 4 people are likely to be diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in their lifetime, according to figures from a population-based Canadian study — the first comprehensive estimate of lifetime risk that has been published, the authors say.

The study appears in a special European Respiratory Society issue of *The Lancet*, published online September 8 and in print September 10.

“We aimed to quantify the lifetime risk of developing physician-diagnosed COPD in a large, multicultural North American population,” write Andrea Gershon, MD, from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues.

The group conducted a retrospective longitudinal cohort study, using several types of health administrative data from the province of Ontario, which has a total population of about 13 million people.

Ref and Read more: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/749435?sssdmh=dm1.717798&src=nldne

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