RISK-FACTORS FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG-DISEASE IN SAUDI-ARABIA
RISK-FACTORS FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG-DISEASE IN SAUDI-ARABIA
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DOI：
10.1016/s0954-6111(05)80334-8
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发表时间：
1994-08-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
ALRABIAH, F
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作者：
DOSSING, M;KHAN, J;ALRABIAH, F
根据沙特阿拉伯一家三级护理机构中相对较高数量的非吸烟COPD女性的临床印象，我们进行了一项病例对照研究，以揭示可能的危险因素。我们的假设是，沙特人中广泛使用香炉是慢性阻塞性肺疾病的风险因素。对50例COPD患者和71例健康对照进行COPD危险因素问卷调查。正如预期的那样，COPD组男性吸烟者比对照组男性更多。很少有女性吸烟。我们发现，在病例和对照中，香炉的使用没有差异。另一方面，三分之二的COPD妇女和只有1/20的对照妇女暴露在室内明火中超过20年(P<；0.05)。因此，室内暴露在木头或生物质的明火中似乎是沙特妇女患慢性阻塞性肺病的一个危险因素。
Based on the clinical impression of a relatively high number of non smoking women with COPD at a tertiary care facility in Saudi Arabia, we performed a case-control study to reveal possible risk factors. Our hypothesis was that the extensive use of incense burners among Saudis was a risk factor of COPD. Fifty consecutive patients with COPD and 71 healthy controls were questioned about risk factors of COPD. As expected more COPD-men than control men were smokers. Very few women smoked. We found no difference in the use of incense burners between cases and controls. On the other hand, two-thirds of the COPD-women and only 1/20 of the control women had been exposed to indoor open fire for more than 20 yr (P<0·05). Accordingly, indoor exposure to open fire of wood or biomass seems to be a risk factor of COPD among Saudi women.