Table 4: Prevalence of COPD (post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ,0·70) according to some relevant exposures
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São Paulo (Brazil) |
Santiago (Chile) |
Mexico City (Mexico) |
Montevideo (Uruguay) |
Caracas (Venezuela) |
Sex |
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Men |
18.0% (14.6–21.4) |
23.3% (19.7–27.0) |
11.0% (7.6–14.4) |
27.1% (22.8–31.5) |
15.7% (12.4–19.0) |
Women |
14.0% (10.8–17.1) |
12.8% (10.0–15.6) |
5.6% (3.6–7.6) |
14.5% (11.6–17.5) |
10.2% (8.2–12.2) |
Age (years) |
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40–49 |
8.4% (6.1–10.6) |
7.1% (4.9–9.2) |
2.2% (0.5–3.9) |
5.1% (2.3–7.8) |
5.4% (3.3–7.4) |
50–59 |
16.2% (12.8–19.7) |
13.0% (9.6–16.4) |
4.5% (1.9–7.2) |
12.7% (8.9–16.4) |
9.8% (7.1–12.5) |
≥60 |
25.7% (20.5–31.0) |
30.3% (25.6–35.0) |
18.4% (13.9–22.9) |
32.1% (27.7–36.6) |
23.4% (18.6–28.3) |
Ethnic origin |
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White |
16.2% (13.1–19.3) |
17.7% (15.0–20.3) |
12.6% (7.6–17.7) |
20.3 %(17.8–22.8) |
13.4% (10.2–16.7) |
Mixed |
12.8% (8.9–16.8) |
13.6% (9.6–17.6) |
5.3% (3.3–7.4) |
11.5% (2.8–20.3) |
12.0% (9.1–14.9) |
Black |
18.6% (11.2–25.9) |
16.7% (0.0–46.0) |
14.3% (0.4–28.2) |
11.1% (0.0–24.0) |
8.5% (3.5–13.4) |
Indians |
21.7% (8.9–16.8) |
25.0% (11.7–38.3) |
7.0% (2.7–11.2) |
33.3% (1.7–64.9) |
22.2% (0.0–51.0) |
Asians |
22.7% (4.3–41.2) |
11.1% (0.0–32.5) |
1.0% (0.0–29.1) |
50.0% (0.0–100 ) |
0.0 |
Education (years) |
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0–2 |
22.1% (16.6–27.6) |
33.3% (21.6–45.1) |
11.3% (5.5–17.1) |
29.4% (17.0–41.8) |
16.2% (8.8–23.5) |
3–4 |
16.3% (12.4–20.3) |
21.4% (14.9–27.9) |
12.1% (6.0–18.1) |
23.5% (16.6–30.4) |
13.7% (7.2–20.3) |
5–8 |
14.4% (9.4–19.5) |
17.7% (13.7–21.6) |
6.1% (3.6–8.6) |
21.4% (16.9–26.0) |
12.0% (9.0–15.0) |
≥9 |
10.4% (5.9–14.8) |
13.6% (1.6–16.5) |
6.0% (3.7–8.3) |
15.2% (11.8–18.6) |
10.6% (7.6–13.6) |
Body-mass index (kg/m2) |
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<25 |
19.3% (15.5–23.2) |
20.7% (16.4–25.0) |
14.6% (8.8–20.5) |
23.7% (18.8–28.6) |
15.1% (11.6–18.6) |
25-29.9 |
13.9% (10.1–17.7) |
16.4% (13.2–19.7) |
7.5% (5.0–9.9) |
20.8% (16.5–25.1) |
11.5% (8.8–14.2) |
≥30 |
13.2% (9.3–17.2) |
14.4% (10.4–18.4) |
4.3% (2.2–6.4) |
15.0% (10.2–19.8) |
9.6% (6.0–13.3) |
Smoking status |
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Never smoker |
12.5% (9.4–15.6) |
15.9% (11.7–20.0) |
6.2% (4.0–8.4) |
15.3% (11.7–18.9) |
6.6% (4.5–8.7) |
Former smoker |
15.6% (11.8– 19.3) |
15.5% (11.6–19.4) |
12.3% (7.3–17.3) |
23.3% (18.3–28.2) |
16.9% (13.1–20.7) |
Current smoker |
21.8% (16.5–27.2) |
18.7 %(15.3–22.2) |
8.0% (4.5–11.6) |
22.5% (17.7–27.4) |
15.4% (11.6–19.2) |
Smoking exposure (pack-years) |
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0–9.9 |
12.8% (10.0–15.7) |
13.9% (11.5–16.3) |
6.3% (4.5–8.2) |
14.3% (11.3– 17.4) |
8.1% (6.2–9.9) |
10–19.9 |
15.3% (9.3– 21.3) |
15.5% (10.2–20.7) |
15.7% (8.4–23.0) |
14.7% (8.0–21.4) |
15.3% (9.8–20.8) |
Overall |
15.8% (13.5–18.1) |
16.9% (14.7–19.1) |
7.8% (5.9–9.7) |
19.7% (17.2–22.1) |
12.1% (10.3–13.9) |
Data are % (95% CI).