Risk factors associated with the detection of pulmonary emphysema in older asymptomatic respiratory subjects.
Ivette Buendia-RoldanAlexia Palma-LopezDanaireth Chan-PadillaIliana HerreraMariel MaldonadoRosario FernándezDavid Martínez-BriseñoMayra MejiaMoises SelmanPublished in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)
Our findings reveal that a small but important percentage of older people without respiratory symptoms, present pulmonary emphysema and indicate that smoking exposure and genetic background may contribute to etiological factors.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- genome wide
- pulmonary fibrosis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- smoking cessation
- respiratory tract
- middle aged
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- community dwelling
- dna methylation
- label free
- sleep quality
- real time pcr
- cystic fibrosis
- quantum dots