Anne Lindberg, MD; Ann-Christin Jonsson, SRN; Eva Rönmark, PhD; Rune Lundgren, MD, PhD, FCCP; Lars-Gunnar Larsson, MD, PhD; and Bo Lundbäck, MD, PhD

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1 10 y Anne Lindberg, MD; Ann-Christin Jonsson, SRN; Eva Rönmark, PhD; Rune Lundgren, MD, PhD, FCCP; Lars-Gunnar Larsson, MD, PhD; and Bo Lundbäck, MD, PhD (BTS) (GOLD) (GOLD 0 ) 10 y % (PFT) 1506 (91%) % 1165 (86%) ( 534 ) PFTs 10 y 8.2% ( BTS ) 13.5% ( GOLD ) ( BTS GOLD ) 1 OR 3.49 (BTS ) 3.37 (GOLD ) 2 OR 4.50 (BTS ) 5.70 (GOLD ) OR 5.37 (BTS ) 4.56 (GOLD ) (OR % CI ) (OR % CI ) 10 y 8.2% ( BTS ) 13.5% ( GOLD ) ( ) GOLD O () (diagnosis) (epidemiology) (gender) (incidence) (prevalence) (respiratory symptoms) (risk factors) 562

2 [15, 16] [1~5] 4% 10% y [6,7] (British Thoracic Society BTS) GOLD [8, 9] [10~12] (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease GOLD) (GOLD 0 ) [13] Norrbotten 8 [12] 86% (5 698 ) (pulmonary function test PFT) (91%) PFT y % 2 PFT ( 86%) ( [8, 9, 13, 14] 74%) 2 PFTs ( ) ( 1) From the Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden Studies (Drs. Lindberg, Rönmark, and Larsson, and Ms. Jonsson), Sunderby Central Hospital of Norrbotten, Luleå; the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy (Dr. Lundgren), Umeå University, Umeå; and Lung and Allergy Research (Dr. Lundbäck), National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Correspondence to: Anne Lindberg, MD, Senior Consultant, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Sunderby Central Hospital of Norrbotten, SE Luleå, Sweden; anne.lindberg@nll.se % 93.7% (P < 0.001) (P = 0.040) 35.7% (obstructive lung disease OLD) ( CHEST

3 1 / FEV 1 % FEV 1 / FVC FEV 1 % FEV 1 / FVC (21.9) 252 (47.2) 378 (34.1) 198 (34.4) 94 (17.6) 292 (26.3) 80 (13.9) 55 (10.3) 135 (12.2) 9 (1.6) 13 (2.4) 22 (2.0) 151 (26.3) 116 (21.7) 267 (24.1) (59.5) 304 (56.9) 649 (58.5) 316 (55.0) 269 (50.4) 585 (52.8) 258 (44.9) 207 (38.8) 465 (41.9) 188 (33.0) 239 (44.8) 427 (38.5) 389 (67.7) 324 (60.7) 731 (65.9) x- ± s ( ) ) ( ) 21 (1.9%) OLD BTS FEV 1 /VC <0.70 FEV 1 < [9] 80% 2 GOLD FEV 1 /FVC <0.70 [13] [17~23] BTS GOLD (Vicatest 5; Mijnhardt; Bunnik, the Netherlands) [24] (vital capacity VC) FVC VC PFTs PFTs [25] [26] Umeå

4 ( 1 y) 2 (1986 / 1996 ) ( / ) ( / ) ( / ) ( / ) ( / ) ( ) (7.3) 51 (9.6) 93 (8.4) ( ) ( ) GOLD y 3 mo 10 y ( ) BTS 10 y (SPSS; SPSS; Chicago, IL) χ 2 BTS ( ) ( ) OLD (socioeconomic index SEI) [27] ( 2) (19.5) 71 (13.3) 183 (16.5) (13.2) 106 (19.9) 182 (16.4) (20.6) 22 (4.1) 250 (22.5) (13.9) 238 (44.6) 318 (28.7) (6.4) 15 (2.8) 52 (4.7) 6. 0 (0) 31 (5.8) 31 (2.8) ( ) BTS GOLD P (2) P (3) 79.5 (66) 55.0 (507) < (89) 54.1 (437) (60) 49.0 (453) < (80) 48.1 (390) (54) 37.6 (348) < (68) 36.6 (297) (49) 34.8 (316) < (60) 34.8 (277) (72) 62.1 (572) < (95) 60.8 (748) ( ) (2) (3) BTS GOLD CHEST

5 10 y SEI ( (SEI 1 2 SEI 3 7 ) 3) 1986 BTS 95%CI 65.1% GOLD 53.5% 8.2% 13.5% ( 4) 3 (BTS 16.7% % GOLD 24.5% 9.4%) ( ) 1/ (BTS ) 165 ( 13.7% ORs % P <0.001) ( % % % P <0.001) ( 8.0% 13.5% 11.3% P =0.025) 1986 ( GOLD 38.5% 15.9% BTS 28.8% 9.6% P <0.001) 1996 FEV 1 ( )% ( )% P < GOLD FEV 1 ( )% ( )% (P = 0.001) BTS FEV 1 ( )% ( )% (P < 0.001) BTS 127 GOLD BTS GOLD 10 y 3.99 OLD logistic 4 BTS GOLD 10 y BTS GOLD P P (2) < (2) P < (2) < (2) (2) % 566

6 ( logistic ) OR %CI ( 5) BTS OR %CI OR %CI OR %CI OR ( 95%CI OR %CI logistic 10 y ( 1) OR %CI ORs ( < 1.5) OLD OR %CI logistic BTS GOLD OR 95% CI OR 95%CI ~ ~1.96 OLD ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~7.79 OLD ( BTS GOLD ) ( 4) 10 y ) 10 y BTS (OR % CI OR % CI ) OR 95%CI OR % CI OR %CI OR % CI OR 95%CI OR % CI OR %CI OR % CI OR %CI OR %CI OR %CI OR %CI CHEST

7 y BTS (BTS GOLD) 3 1 (GOLD FEV 1 [18, 26] [5] 85% 80% ) GOLD BTS [28] GOLD (GOLD 0 ) 1 GOLD % (BTS ) 24.5% (GOLD ) 4.8% (BTS ) 9.4% (GOLD ) [29] FEV 1 [12] GOLD 0 [12] GOLD 0 10 y 8.2% (BTS ) [2 5] 13.5% (GOLD ) [10~12] [10, 11] FEV 1 /FVC 10 y <0.6 <

8 [12] 0.2% 0.5% GOLD OLD y OLD 13.2% 20.5% [12] 20 α 1 [35] [2, 30] 10 y ( ) [12] ( ) ( ) ( [12] GOLD 0 ) ( ) BTS GOLD ( FEV 1 /FVC < ORs 0.70 FEV 1 <80% ) BTS 10 y [16] [36~38] [30~34] FEV 1 (GOLD 0 ) PFTs [39] ( ) [5, 18, 35, 36] OLD 10 y 8.2% (BTS ) 13.5% (GOLD ) CHEST

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