Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco exposure in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis
There was earlier mortality and reduced FEV<sub>1</sub> in females with COPD, as compared to males with COPD. Thus, sex-specific considerations are important in understanding the pathophysiology of COPD and should be a focus of further research.
Authors
- Preshit Ambade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6919-7206)
- Razan Frances
- Ryan Chow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1850-7155)
- Alexander Xiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3309-1319)
- J. Wang
- Smita Pakhalé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4051-962X)
- R. Shorr
- Michelle M Pham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4795-0930)
- Sarah Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3811-6378)
- David Le Nguyen
- Sami Aftab Abdul
- Sanathan Sadh
- Matthew Cope
- Ramtin Ghasemi
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Queens University (BD)
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-04079-w
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00