Background The prevalence of COPD in the world concerns women as much as men, but it
remains under diagnosed among women smokers. The mortality data show an increase in …

Background: Worldwide, COPD is an illness which remains under-diagnosed in women.
Aim: To describe the characteristics of COPD in women and to compare it with COPD in …

For the past several years the number of women suffering from chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) has been steadily increasing. This fact prompts the debate …

The increasingly female face of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence
among women has equalled that of men since 2008, due in part to increased tobacco use …

The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasing worldwide,
mainly due to the increase in women. In developed countries, COPD in women is mainly a …

An individual's experience of COPD is determined by many factors in addition to the
pathological features of chronic bronchitis and emphysema and the symptoms that derive …

There is partial evidence that COPD is expressed differently in women than in men, namely
on symptoms, pulmonary function, exacerbations, comorbidities or prognosis. There is a …

Background and Goal: Quit smoking is a necessary element of the pathogenetic therapy of
patients with COPD, however, many patients continue to smoke, despite the …

In this issue a large international research collaboration on COPD [1, 2] highlights
interesting differences in clinical characteristics in men and women with COPD [1]. In this …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is no longer a respiratory disease that
predominantly affects men, to the point where the prevalence among women has equaled …