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Table 2 Altitude and prevalence of COPD (post-BD FEV1/FVC<LLN) by site and ascending order of altitude

From: Altitude and COPD prevalence: analysis of the PREPOCOL-PLATINO-BOLD-EPI-SCAN study

 

Site

Study

Altitude (m)

COPD prevalence (%)

1

Bergen, Norway

BOLD

5

12.5

2

Mumbai, India

BOLD

5

6.8

3

Barcelona, Spain

EPI-SCAN

10

10.7

4

Vigo, Spain

EPI-SCAN

10

4.8

5

Manila, Philippines

BOLD

11

8.5

6

CapeTown, South Africa

BOLD

14

19.0

7

Guangzhou, China

BOLD

18

7.8

8

Baranquilla, Colombia

Prepocol

18

3.6

9

Sydney, Australia

BOLD

19

10.9

10

Nampicuan, Philippines

BOLD

20

14.3

11

Uppsala, Sweden

BOLD

21

9.3

12

London, England

BOLD

22

16.0

13

Sevilla, Spain

EPI-SCAN

23

4.9

14

Adana, Turkey

BOLD

28

14.3

15

Vancouver, Canada

BOLD

32

12.3

16

Montevideo, Uruguay

Platino

35

11.9

17

Sousse, Tunisia

BOLD

38

5.0

18

Tartu, Estonia

BOLD

39

7.0

19

Maastricht, Netherlands

BOLD

53

18.2

20

Reykjavik, Iceland

BOLD

54

11.0

21

Lisbon, Portugal

BOLD

56

11.5

22

Hannover, Germany

BOLD

59

8.9

23

Cordoba, Spain

EPI-SCAN

133

9.4

24

Krakow, Poland

BOLD

214

13.7

25

Oviedo, Spain

EPI-SCAN

239

11.0

26

Ife, Nigeria

BOLD

266

6.9

27

Lexington, USA

BOLD

291

15.2

28

Salzburg, Austria

BOLD

424

15.8

29

Huesca, Spain

EPI-SCAN

457

7.2

30

Vic, Spain

EPI-SCAN

497

5.7

31

Santiago, Chile

Platino

543

9.7

32

Pune, India

BOLD

560

6.1

33

Requena (Valencia), Spain

EPI-SCAN

588

6.2

34

Madrid La Princesa, Spain

EPI-SCAN

648

10.9

35

Madrid La Paz, Spain

EPI-SCAN

648

6.6

36

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Platino

800

11.1

37

Burgos, Spain

EPI-SCAN

864

3.9

38

Caracas, Venezuela

Platino

950

8.5

39

Bucaramanga, Colombia

Prepocol

960

5.3

40

Cali, Colombia

Prepocol

995

5.6

41

Medellin, Colombia

Prepocol

1538

10.6

42

Srinagar, India

BOLD

1587

16.4

43

Mexico City, Mexico

Platino

2240

3.8

44

Bogotá, Colombia

Prepocol

2640

5.2