COPD is a common, preventable and usually progressive disease associated with an
enhanced chronic inflammatory response in the airways and lung, generally caused by …

TB affects around 10.6 million people each year and there are now around 155 million TB
survivors. TB and its treatments can lead to permanently impaired health and wellbeing. In …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive disease characterized by
airway limitation and changes in airway structure. It has a high global burden of mortality …

Background Small airways obstruction is a common feature of obstructive lung diseases.
Research is scarce on small airways obstruction, its global prevalence, and risk factors. We …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease
(CVD) are two major age-related diseases prevalent in the elderly. However, it is unclear …

• The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study was established to assess the
prevalence of chronic airflow obstruction, a key characteristic of chronic obstructive …

Summary Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced a surge of non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

In 1958, an international symposium defined a category of “non-specific lung disease”,
which excluded all neoplasms, infections, and diseases caused by other known (mostly …

Objective COPD is the most common chronic respiratory disease with complex
environmental and genetic etiologies. It was reported that EPAS1 might participate in the …

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnoea
(OSA) are common chronic diseases that are associated with chronic and intermittent …