Sentences with phrase «copd risk»

A total of 6,781 persons with COPD risk were analyzed and followed up with for a total of two years.

Other COPD risk factors include low birth weight and rare genetic factors.

The study found that later COPD risk could be minimised if immunisation was encouraged, if mothers did not smoke and if their children did not smoke when they got older, especially if they had smoking parents or low childhood lung function.

For people in these categories, reducing maternal smoking, encouraging immunisation and avoiding smoking could minimise later COPD risk.

The present study shows that the maximally achieved level of lung function in childhood and early adulthood is an important determinant of future COPD risk.

The authors suggest that the childhood risk factors are important indicators of COPD risk, that are aggravated by smoking and having asthma in adulthood.

As a result, the authors say that it will be important to reduce parental smoking, encourage immunisation, and avoid smoking to promote healthy lung function pathways and minimise COPD risk, especially for people who had low childhood lung function or whose parents smoked.

Therefore, tracking these lung function pathways later into life may give a clearer picture of COPD risk in later life.

The study also points to the need to address COPD risk factors — such as smoking — in people living with rheumatoid arthritis.

Not exact matches

A recent study out of UCLA also linked a compound in broccoli (high in broccoli sprouts) to a decreased risk of respiratory inflammatory diseases like asthma, upper - respiratory allergies, and COPD.

A high AHEI - 2010 diet score (reflecting high intakes of whole grains, polyunsaturated fatty acids, nuts, and long chain omega - 3 fats and low intakes of red / processed meats, refined grains, and sugar sweetened drinks) was associated with a lower risk of COPD

High in pectin and flavonoids, the latest health - related research suggests apples may reduce the risk of: heart disease, high cholesterol, some cancers, stroke, COPD and Type - 2 diabetes.

«Three - quarters of COPD cases are linked to childhood risk factors that are exacerbated in adulthood.»

While smoking remains the biggest risk factor for COPD, the study demonstrates that childhood illnesses (such as asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, allergic rhinitis, eczema) and exposures to parental smoking are also linked to the disease.

Have a higher prevalence of stroke, atherosclerosis [a common form of arteriosclerosis in which fatty substances form a deposit of plaque on the inner lining of arterial walls], chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Crohn's disease, lymphoma, metabolic syndrome [a collection of heart disease risk factors], cancer, and liver disease.

While smoking remains the biggest risk factor for COPD, the study demonstrates that childhood illnesses (such as asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, allergic rhinitis, eczema) and exposures to parental smoking are also linked to the disease.

«Rheumatoid arthritis linked to an increased risk of COPD.»

After adjusting for potential confounding factors, individuals with rheumatoid arthritis had a 47 % greater risk of needing to be hospitalized for COPD than controls.

The increased risk remained significant after modelling for smoking and with varying COPD definitions.

«COPD patients benefit from the use of statins just like any other group of patients that benefit from statins according to established indications to reduce cardiovascular risk,» Dr. Criner said.

«In conclusion, 40 mg of daily simvastatin added to usual care did not reduce exacerbation rate or prolong time to exacerbation in moderate to severe COPD patients at risk for exacerbation,» the researchers reported.

Individuals who had a particular variation in a specific gene (platelet derived growth factor D; PDGFD) had a markedly increased risk of adrenal suppression, both in the children with asthma and adults with COPD.

Because those with mild COPD appear to have the greatest loss of lung function following an exacerbation, the authors wrote, preventing exacerbations in this group «could reduce the risk of developing severe COPD.»

«Even in those who had never smoked we found that accelerated loss of lung function increased their risk of airway obstruction and COPD.»

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have allergic disease have higher levels of respiratory symptoms and are at higher risk for COPD exacerbations, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

«Knowing these factors can help clinicians identify subjects at risk for acute exacerbations of their COPD,» said Robert Busch, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston.

Dr Orianne Dumas (PhD) from INSERM, Villejuif, France, will tell the European Respiratory Society International Congress today (Monday) that certain tasks involving frequent exposure to disinfectants, such as cleaning surfaces, and specific chemicals in disinfectants, were associated with a 22 % to 32 % increased risk of developing COPD.

«We found that nurses who use disinfectants to clean surfaces on a regular basis — at least once a week — had a 22 % increased risk of developing COPD,» says Dr Dumas.

«Certain risk factors can predict the risk for COPD exacerbations in patients using inhaled medications.»

«The potential adverse effects of exposure to disinfectants on COPD have received much less attention, although two recent studies in European populations showed that working as a cleaner was associated with a higher risk of COPD.

Researchers aimed to determine the prospective risk factors for acute exacerbations (AE) of COPD among subjects in the COPDGene study, which focuses on genetic factors relating to COPD.

These patients were significantly more likely to wheeze, have chronic cough, and have chronic phlegm and had a significantly increased risk of experiencing a COPD exacerbation that required an acute visit to the doctor.

All of these were associated with an increased risk of COPD of between 24 % to 32 %.

«COPD patients at significantly higher risk of heart failure.»

Smoking is a primary risk factor of COPD, and approximately 80 % of COPD deaths can be attributed to smoking.

«Risk of COPD may already occur in adolescence.»

Asthmatics and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or cystic fibrosis (CF) are particularly at risk.

However, regular exercise has been associated with reduced risk of hospitalization for exacerbated COPD and mortality among patients with COPD,» said Dr. Cristóbal Esteban.

New research in Respirology shows that suffers of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can reduce their risk of being hospitalized with severe attacks, by maintaining an exercise regime of walking between three to six kilometers a day.

«Indeed, even a low level of PA such as walking a minimum of 2 hours per week has been associated with decreased risk of hospitalization for exacerbated COPD.»

The research is also important for understanding risk of COPD in smokers and in non-smokers, giving the potential to offer better advice and preventive strategies.

«COPD heightens deadly lung cancer risk in smokers.»

The world's biggest study into an individual's genetic make - up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately «predict» — based on genes and smoking — your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of death in the world.

Researchers found that patients with COPD who exercised 150 minutes a week or more had a 34 percent lower risk of readmission within 30 days compared to those who were inactive.

Low physical activity (PA), a critical feature of COPD, is believed to be an important risk factor for comorbidities.

The previously known main risk factors for developing COPD are smoking and air pollution.

Early identification and diagnosis of patients at risk for or currently suffering with symptoms of COPD

«This work suggests that we need to tease out the mechanisms by which COPD may increase lung cancer risk in smokers, and to conduct clinical trials to determine whether treating COPD in former and current smokers lessens that risk,» said David Christiani, Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics at Harvard Chan School and senior author of the study.

It was previously not certain whether there was a gender difference for the risk of developing COPD, and that is partly due to the fact that there are few studies that examine who is at risk for the disease.

«We see a clear increased risk for women contracting COPD compared with the risk for men.