Quality of life associated with breathlessness in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: A cross-sectional analysis Evidence of an association between breathlessness and quality of life from population-based studies is limited. We aimed to investigate the association of both physical and mental quality of life w...

#Breathlessness is unpleasant. Is quality of life affected by it? Is this relationship homogeneous across the world?

For answers, check out: "Quality of life associated with breathlessness in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: A cross-sectional analysis"

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Bronchodilator responsiveness and future chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study Bronchodilator responsiveness testing is mainly used for diagnosing asthma. We aimed to investigate whether it is associated with progression to chron…

In the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) cohort study, we have found that bronchodilator responsiveness is a determinant of chronic airflow obstruction. This is a hallmark of #COPD.

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Lung function and onset of cardiometabolic diseases in the longitudinal Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study Introduction Previous population-based studies, mainly from high-income countries, have shown that a higher forced vital capacity (FVC) is associated with a lower risk of developing cardiometabolic di...

The first paper of the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) cohort study in 2025 is here:

"Lung function and onset of cardiometabolic diseases in the longitudinal Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study"

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Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study Spirometry is used to determine what is “unusual” lung function compared with what is “usual” for healthy non-smokers. This study aimed to investigate regional variation in the forced vital capacit...

New #BOLDstudy paper –

Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"The relation of FVC to age and height varies geographically, but there is no geographical variation in the FEV1/FVC ratio."

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Are you at #BTSWinter2024? If yes, then come and listen to Sheikhah Alhajri talk on "Spirometry thresholds for the prediction of chronic airflow obstruction: A Longitudinal analysis" on Friday, 3.15pm, Cambridge, 5th floor.

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Occupational exposures in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review Exposure to high levels of harmful agents in the workplace can significantly impact workers’ health, contributing to morbidity and mortality. Levels of these exposures are often measured in high-incom...

New paper on occupational exposures in LMICs by Valentina Quintero Santofimio is out in PLoS Global Public Health doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003888 #TeamAmaral

Hot off the press: Association between lung function and dyspnoea and its variation in the multinational BOLD study
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