Altitude and COPD prevalence: analysis of the PREPOCOL-PLATINO-BOLD-EPI-SCAN study.
Andreas HornerJoan B SorianoMilo A PuhanMichael StudnickaBernhard KaiserLowie E G W VanfleterenLouisa GnatiucPeter BurneyMarc MiravitllesFrancisco García-RioJulio AncocheaAna M MenezesRogelio Perez-PadillaMaria Montes de OcaCarlos A Torres-DuqueAndres CaballeroMauricio González-GarcíaSonia BuistMaria FlammBernd Lamprechtnull nullnull nullnull nullnull nullPublished in: Respiratory research (2017)
Living at high altitude is not associated with a difference in COPD prevalence after accounting for individual risk factors. However, high altitude itself was associated with an increased risk of undiagnosed COPD.