Chronic Airflow Limitation, Emphysema and Impaired Diffusing Capacity in Relation to Smoking Habits in a Swedish Middle-Aged Population.
Anders BlombergKjell TorénPer LivGabriel GranåsenAnders AnderssonAnnelie BehndigGöran BergströmJohn BrandbergKenneth CaidahlKerstin CederlundArne EgestenMagnus EkströmMaria J ErikssonEmil HagströmChrister JansonTomas JernbergDavid KylhammarLars LindAnne LindbergEva LindbergClaes-Göran LöfdahlAndrei MalinovschiMaria MannilaLars T NilssonAnna-Carin OlinAnders PerssonHans Lennart PerssonAnnika RosengrenJohan SundströmEva SwahnStefan SöderbergJenny VikgrenPer WollmerCarl Johan ÖstgrenJan EngvallC Magnus SköldPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2024)
In this large population-based study of middle-aged people, CAL and impaired DLCO were associated with common respiratory symptoms. Self-reported asthma was not associated with CAL in never-smokers. Our findings suggest that CAL in never-smokers signifies a separate clinical phenotype that may be monitored and, possibly, treated differently from smoking-related COPD. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).