Health outcome · disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Part of: Obstructive lung disease
Also: COPD
A long-term lung condition characterised by persistently obstructed airflow; indoor air quality is one of the environmental factors relevant to it.
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Indoor factors with evidence
| Factor | Effect | Population | Study design | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventilation | OR 0.28 (0.11–0.73) | — · kitchen | cohort study of a fuel and ventilation intervention: households replacing biomass with biogas and improving kitchen ventilation followed for lung function decline and for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | F-1717 Lung Function and Incidence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary… (2014) | machine |
| Coal | HR 1.06 (0.98–1.15) | — · home | prospective cohort of Chinese adults: cooking and heating fuel recorded at baseline and at resurveys, with incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ascertained through linked health records over a long follow-up | F-1769 Li Solid Fuel Use and Incident COPD in Chinese Adults: Findings… (2019) | machine |
| Wood | HR 1.14 (1.06–1.23) | — · home | prospective cohort of Chinese adults: cooking and heating fuel recorded at baseline and at resurveys, with incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ascertained through linked health records over a long follow-up | F-1770 Li Solid Fuel Use and Incident COPD in Chinese Adults: Findings… (2019) | machine |
| Solid fuel | HR 1.34 (1.18–1.53) | — · home | prospective cohort of Chinese adults: cooking and heating fuel recorded at baseline and at resurveys, with incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ascertained through linked health records over a long follow-up | F-1771 Li Solid Fuel Use and Incident COPD in Chinese Adults: Findings… (2019) | machine |
| Candles and incense | HR 1.26 (0.81–1.97) | — · home | Danish prospective cohort (Diet, Cancer and Health): frequency of candle use reported by questionnaire and first hospital contact for cardiovascular and respiratory events ascertained through national registers, with hazard ratios adjusted for smoking, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors | F-1802 Use of candles and risk of cardiovascular and respiratory ev… (2022) | machine |
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Identifiers
- MeSH
- D029424
In the literature
- Lv Assessing volatile organic compounds exposure and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases in US adults (2023). Frontiers in public health. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1210136 CKB 0537
- Influence of particulate matter air pollution on exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease depending on aerodynamic diameter and the time of exposure in the selected population with coexistent cardiovascular diseases (2018). doi:10.5603/ARM.2018.0036 CKB 0522
- Aglan et al. Personal and community-level exposure to air pollution and daily changes in respiratory symptoms and oxygen saturation among adults with COPD (2023). doi:10.1016/j.heha.2023.100052 CKB 0542
Studies in the Coridum Knowledge Base in which this term is used. The definition follows standard usage in WHO, ISO and textbook sources; it is not quoted from these papers.
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Coridum Research. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Coridum Knowledge G-0018, 16 September 2026. https://coridum.com/k/G-0018/