Household air pollution as an important factor in the complex relationship between altitude and COPD

The relationship between altitude and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains controversial. Altitude per se is a relevant variable for respiratory health, as subjects living at high altitude are exposed to lower atmospheric pressure, which by affecting the driving pressure for gas exchange in the lungs leads to hypoxia [1]. It has been reported that high altitude natives have larger lungs and higher forced vital capacity (FVC) than predicted, potentially as an adaptation mechanism, which is relevant for COPD research, as it consequently leads to lower forced expiratory volume in 1 s to FVC ratios [2–4]. Household air pollution, whose relationship with COPD is still understudied, is yet another factor explaining the complex relationship between altitude and COPD http://ow.ly/Ao4K30nmxDt

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  European Respiratory Journal

• Publication date

  2019-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1183/13993003.02454-2018PMID 30759422
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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