Whittemore A S, Perlin S A, DiCiccio Y
Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Calif. 94305-5092, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1995 May;85(5):702-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.85.5.702.
The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was evaluated in 12,980 lifelong nonsmoking adults who participated in one of three National US Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Also evaluated were the relationships between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and age, sex, ethnicity, education, income, and certain environmental and occupational factors. Overall, 4% of men and 5% of women reported physician-diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Prevalence increased with age and with decreasing household income, was higher in Whites than in non-Whites, and was particularly high in Hispanic women. Further research is needed to explain the excess risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in economically disadvantaged nonsmokers, and to assess the role of environmental tobacco smoke in nonsmokers' risk for the disease.
对参加三项美国国家健康与营养检查调查之一的12980名终生不吸烟成年人的慢性阻塞性肺疾病患病率进行了评估。还评估了慢性阻塞性肺疾病与年龄、性别、种族、教育程度、收入以及某些环境和职业因素之间的关系。总体而言,4%的男性和5%的女性报告有医生诊断的慢性阻塞性肺疾病。患病率随年龄增长和家庭收入降低而增加,白人高于非白人,西班牙裔女性尤为高。需要进一步研究来解释经济上处于不利地位的不吸烟者患慢性阻塞性肺疾病的额外风险,并评估环境烟草烟雾在不吸烟者患该疾病风险中的作用。