Previous tuberculosis disease as a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional analysis of multicountry, population-based studies.
Katarina KamenarShakir HossenAkshay N GupteTrishul SiddharthanSuzanne PollardMuhammad ChowdhuryAdolfo L RubinsteinVilma E IrazolaLaura GutierrezJ Jaime MirandaAntonio Bernabe-OrtizDewan AlamBruce KirengaRupert C JonesFrederik van GemertRobert A WiseWilliam CheckleyPublished in: Thorax (2021)
Previous tuberculosis disease is a significant and under-recognised risk factor for COPD and poor lung function in LMICs. Better tuberculosis control will also likely reduce the global burden of COPD.