Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: October | Volume: 7 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 557-562
Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Associated Comorbidities in Urban West Bengal
Arif Nabi Bhat1, Sujata Ganguli2
1Post Doctoral Trainee, Department of Cardiology, NRS Medical College,138, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal,Pin-700014, India.
2Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, Ghatal Superspeciality Hospital, Ghatal, West Bengal ,
Pin-721212, India.
Corresponding Author: Sujata Ganguli
ABSTRACT
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a preventable and treatable disease with some significant extra-pulmonary effects that may contribute to the severity in an individual patient. The prevalence of COPD in the general population across all ages rises steeply to above 10% amongst people who are aged over 40 years. A population-based cross-sectional survey of the prevalence of COPD in urban West Bengal was carried out and the spirometry testing was performed according to the guidelines prescribed in American Thoracic Society (ATS) and ERS guidelines. Overall, 18.5% of study participants had evidence of GOLD stage 1 or higher COPD. Hypertension was the most common comorbidity prevalent both in normal individuals and in subjects with COPD, followed by osteoporosis.
Keywords: Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease, prevalence, risk factors.
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