ANALYSIS OF FACTORS CAUSING CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE IN EASTERN REGION OF CHINA
Author(s)
Shu B
University College London, London, UK
Presentation Documents
OBJECTIVES: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has become increasingly a major public health problem. This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors for COPD based on data from several cities in eastern region of China. METHODS: Data were extracted from China Health Statistics for five most representative cities and provinces (Liaoning, Beijing, Tianjing, Shanghai and Guangdong) in the eastern region of China where rates of COPD were available. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression models were used to examine risk factors for COPD including gender, average family expenditure on cigarette, industrial dust, industrial emission of sulfur dioxide, average family income and average family expenditure on vegetables. ESULTS: The total sample size was 150. Descriptive statistics indicated strong correlations between the dependent variable rate of COPD and independent variables - average family expenditure on cigarette, industrial emission of sulfur dioxide, industrial dust and average family expenditure on vegetables. Furthermore, multiple regression models showed that average family expenditure on cigarette, industrial emission of sulfur dioxide, industrial dust and average family expenditure on vegetables were the significant parameters that affected the rate of COPD. CONCLUSIONS: Our analyses showed that, in the eastern region of China, cigarette smoking, sulfur dioxide emission, industrial dust and family expenditure on vegetables were independent risk factors associated with the occurrence of COPD. To lessen the occurrence of COPD, people should quit smoking and modify dietary habit, while government authorities should enforce controlling for sulfur dioxide and industrial dust emissions.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-09, ISPOR Asia Pacific 2014, Beijing, China
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PRS8
Topic
Epidemiology & Public Health
Disease
Respiratory-Related Disorders