Characteristics of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the pulmonology clinics of seven Asian cities

Yeon-Mok Oh1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Research Center for Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Arvind B Bhome2 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, “Friends of the Breathless” Foundation, Pune, India

Watchara Boonsawat3 Department of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Kirthi Dias Gunasekera4 Central Chest Clinic, Colombo and National Hospital of Sri Lanka

Dushantha Madegedara5 Respiratory Disease Treatment Unit and Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka

Luisito Idolor6 Section of Respiratory Services and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Camilo Roa6 Section of Respiratory Services and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Woo Jin Kim7 Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, Kang Won, Korea

Han-Pin Kuo8 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Hua Wang8 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Le Thi Tuyet Lan9 Respiratory Care Center, University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Li-Cher Loh10 Department of Medicine, Penang Medical College, Penang, Malaysia

Choo-Khoon Ong10 Department of Medicine, Penang Medical College, Penang, Malaysia

Alan Ng11 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Masaharu Nishimura12 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

Hironi Makita12 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

Edwin K Silverman13 Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Jae Seung Lee1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Research Center for Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ting Yang14 Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yingxiang Lin14 Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Chen Wang14 Beijing Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Sang-Do Lee1 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical Research Center for Chronic Obstructive Airway Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]

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Characteristics of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the pulmonology clinics of seven Asian cities

Table 1 Characteristics of subjects in seven Asian countries

Table 2 Cigarette smoking history

Table 3 Comparison of subjects who were exposed to biomass fuels or a dusty job with nonexposed subjects

Table 4 Odds ratios of risk factors for respiratory symptoms

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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects in seven Asian countries

Table 2 Cigarette smoking history

Table 3 Comparison of subjects who were exposed to biomass fuels or a dusty job with nonexposed subjects

Table 4 Odds ratios of risk factors for respiratory symptoms

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