Differences in diagnostic patterns of obstructive airway disease between areas and sex in Sweden and Finland - the Nordic EpiLung study.
Malin AxelssonPinja IlmarinenHelena BackmanLinda EkerljungLinnéa HedmanArnulf LanghammerAnne LindbergAri LindqvistBright I NwaruPaula PallasahoAnssi SovijärviIida VähätaloHannu KankaanrantaHanna Hisinger-MölkänenPäivi PiiriläEva RönmarkPublished in: The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma (2020)
The prevalence of respiratory symptoms and corresponding diagnoses varied between and within the countries. The proportion reporting a diagnosis of obstructive airway disease among individuals with respiratory symptoms varied, indicating differences in diagnostic patterns both between areas and by sex.