Low Body Mass Index Is Associated with Higher Odds of COPD and Lower Lung Function in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Matthew R. GrigsbyDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ;Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; View further author information

Trishul SiddharthanDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ;Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; View further author information

Suzanne L. PollardDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ;Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; View further author information

Muhammad ChowdhuryCentre for Control of Chronic Diseases, icddrb, Dhaka, Bangladesh; View further author information

Adolfo RubinsteinInstitute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina; View further author information

J. Jaime MirandaCRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; ;Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; View further author information

Antonio Bernabe-OrtizCRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; View further author information

Dewan AlamSchool of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; View further author information

Bruce KirengaMakerere Lung Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; View further author information

Rupert JonesPlymouth University, Plymouth, United Kingdom; View further author information

Frederick van GemertUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Harlingen, NetherlandsView further author information

William CheckleyDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ;Center for Global Non-Communicable Disease Research and Training, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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