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Quantifying COPD as a risk factor for cardiac disease in a primary prevention cohort
Conclusions In a large real-world population without CVD, people with physician-diagnosed COPD were 25% more likely to have a major CVD event, after adjustment for CVD risk and other factors. This rate is comparable to the rate in people with diabetes and calls for more aggressive CVD primary prevention in the COPD population.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - August 31, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Maclagan, L. C., Croxford, R., Chu, A., Sin, D. D., Udell, J. A., Lee, D. S., Austin, P. C., Gershon, A. S. Tags: COPD and smoking Original Articles: Tuberculosis and clinical trials Source Type: research

Forecasting the association of air quality and health outcomes in Ontario
Conclusions: Positive correlations between AQHI and health outcomes are found in this study which revealed that making the public aware of air pollution using AQHI may be helpful to reduce the impact of air pollution in people living with chronic diseases.
Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Liang, J., Ge, E., Zhu, J., Mcgihon, R., Terebessy, E., Su, Y., To, T. Tags: Occupational and environmental health Source Type: research