Prevalence and demographics of asthma - COPD overlap (ACO) among asthma and COPD patients in the pulmonary clinic of the University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital

Conclusion: The hospital has a statistically higher prevalence rate of ACO compared to worldwide data. COPD patients are more likely to have ACO than asthmatic patients. The ACO group has a median of 23 pack-years while the COPD group has a higher median of 46 pack-years. TB is more common in COPD.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jaen, A. M., Fernandez, L., Tan, I. R., Wang, A., Villalobos, R. E., Cunada, M. Tags: Monitoring airway disease Source Type: research