The global impact of Aspergillus infection on COPD.

[2greys]

There has not been a global COPD prevalence review conducted based on spirometry and standardised assessments for more than a decade, until this year, published as this was paper was being reviewed [32]. The results from our review of the global data estimate there to be 551,792,354 individuals suffering with COPD, the majority of whom are classed as GOLD moderate to severe. Given that the most recent global estimate for COPD prevalence was 251 million [33], now up to 300 million according to the Global Burden of Disease consortium [32], our estimate is much higher even excluding countries with populations under 1 million and excluding GOLD stage I data. Our estimate is dwarfed by another recent systematic review and meta-analysis based on 60 papers and 128,000 patients – a global prevalence of 12.1% (approximately 909 million) [34]. These much higher prevalence figures are not surprising, with under-diagnosis of COPD being one of the major issues facing the management of the disease.

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[SquirrelsHolt]

Hi 2greys and i 've not ticked the "like" box because I like your report because of the high figures worldwide of COPD but because it will be put into perspective against other chronic respiratory illnesses. This maybe will underline the huge number of sufferers that until now was never done on a global basis. Frightening t.b.h. Thank you. 🐿🌈