Impact of active and passive smoking as risk factors for asthma and COPD in women presenting to primary care in Syria: first report by the WHO-GARD survey group

Yousser Mohammad1 National Center for Research in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Tishreen University School of Medicine, Latakia, SyriaCorrespondence[email protected]

Rafea Shaaban1 National Center for Research in Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Tishreen University School of Medicine, Latakia, Syria

Bassam Abou Al-Zahab2 Ministry of Health, Damascus, Syria

Nikolai Khaltaev3 Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Jean Bousquet4 Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France;5 Inserm, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology Team, Villejuif, France

Basim Dubaybo6 Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

Impact of active and passive smoking as risk factors for asthma and COPD in women presenting to primary care in Syria: first report by the WHO-GARD survey group

Table 1 Characteristics of women by age

Table 2 Relation between active smokers and respiratory symptoms and functions in women aged ≥20 years

Table 3 Relation between active smokers and respiratory symptoms by logistic regression

Table 4 Relation between passive smokers and respiratory symptoms and FEV₁ in nonsmoking females

Table 5 Relation between passive smoking and respiratory symptoms and functions in women by logistic regression

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Impact of active and passive smoking as risk factors for asthma and COPD in women presenting to primary care in Syria: first report by the WHO-GARD survey group

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Table 1 Characteristics of women by age

Table 2 Relation between active smokers and respiratory symptoms and functions in women aged ≥20 years

Table 3 Relation between active smokers and respiratory symptoms by logistic regression

Table 4 Relation between passive smokers and respiratory symptoms and FEV1 in nonsmoking females

Table 5 Relation between passive smoking and respiratory symptoms and functions in women by logistic regression

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Table 4 Relation between passive smokers and respiratory symptoms and FEV₁ in nonsmoking females