Increased Incidence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Women Due to Long-Term Passive Smoking
Our findings demonstrate that chronic passive smoke exposure constitutes an independent risk factor for COPD development in women, associated with higher disease prevalence, accelerated pulmonary function decline, increased exacerbation frequency and enhanced systemic inflammation.
Authors
- Zhenkun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-3913)
- Qizheng Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5630-4439)
- Mingzhi Jiao
- Jiling Lv
Institutions
- Second Hospital of Shandong University (CN)
- Shandong Provincial Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of COPD
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/copd.s534060
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52