Impact of diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of COPD

Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2012) Jørgen Vestbo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

GOLD and the fixed ratio

(2011) J. Vestbo et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

The need to change the method for defining mild airway obstruction

(2011) P. H. Quanjer et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Lower limit of normal or FEV1/FVC

(2011) Firdaus A.A. Mohamed Hoesein et al.   RESPIRATORY MEDICINE

Long-Term Outcomes in Mild/Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey

(2009) Roberto de Marco et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

COPD as a Disease of Accelerated Lung Aging

(2009) Kazuhiro Ito et al.   CHEST

Comparison of spirometry criteria for the diagnosis of COPD: results from the BOLD study

(2009) W. M. Vollmer et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in non-smokers

(2009) Sundeep S Salvi et al.   LANCET

What role may symptoms play in the diagnosis of airflow limitation?

(2008) Astri Medbø et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

What evidence could validate the definition of COPD?

(2008) R. de Marco   THORAX

Long-term decline in lung function, utilisation of care and quality of life in modified GOLD stage 1 COPD

(2008) P-O Bridevaux et al.   THORAX

Predictive value of lung function below the normal range and respiratory symptoms for progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(2007) M Albers et al.   THORAX