Observational studyBMC pulmonary medicine2024
Comprehensive appraisal of lung function in young COPD patients: a single center observational study.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Prevalence of non-smoking chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its risk factors in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Radiomics differences between GOLD I-II and GOLD III-IV in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Clinical Characteristics and Lung Function Trajectories in Young COPD Patients Within the General Population.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Article
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- Integrated network pharmacology, molecular docking, and animal experiments to reveal the potential mechanism of hesperetin on COPD.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of young COPD, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Clinical Characteristics of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease according to Smoking Status.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2025Article
- Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Mild, Young and Early COPD: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 5468 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe present study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and lung function impairment in young people diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). PATIENTS AND
methodsWe retrospectively enrolled patients with COPD who underwent symptom assessment and comprehensive pulmonary function tests at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University between August 2017 and March 2022. The patients were categorized into two groups based on age: a young COPD group (aged 20-50 years) and an old COPD group (aged > 50 years).
resultsA total of 1282 patients with COPD were included in the study, with 76 young COPD patients and 1206 old COPD patients. Young COPD patients exhibited a higher likelihood of being asymptomatic, lower rates of smoking, and a lower smoking index compared to old COPD patients. Although young COPD patients had higher median post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s (post-BD FEV
conclusionYoung COPD showed fewer respiratory symptoms, yet displayed a similar severity distribution by GOLD categories. Furthermore, a majority of them demonstrated lung hyperinflation and reduced D
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