Characteristics of COPD in never-smokers and ever-smokers in the general population: results from the CanCOLD study

W C Tan; D D Sin; J Bourbeau; P Hernandez; K R Chapman; R Cowie; J M FitzGerald; D D Marciniuk; F Maltais; A S Buist; J Road; J C Hogg; M Kirby; H Coxson; C Hague; J Leipsic; D E O'Donnell; S D Aaron; CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206938

Article info

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Original article

Characteristics of COPD in never-smokers and ever-smokers in the general population: results from the CanCOLD study

Authors

W C Tan University of British Columbia, Heart Lung Innovation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D D Sin University of British Columbia, Heart Lung Innovation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Bourbeau Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P Hernandez Department of Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
K R Chapman Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Cowie Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J M FitzGerald Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D D Marciniuk Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F Maltais Centre de Pneumologie de l'Hopital Laval, Respirology, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A S Buist Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Road Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J C Hogg University of British Columbia, Heart Lung Innovation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Kirby University of British Columbia, Heart Lung Innovation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
H Coxson University of British Columbia, Heart Lung Innovation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Hague Department of Radiology, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Leipsic Department of Radiology, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D E O'Donnell PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S D Aaron Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group
Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Wan C Tan, UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Providence Heart+Lung Institute, University of British Columbia, St Paul's Hospital, Rm 166, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6; wan.tan{at}hli.ubc.ca

View Full Text

Citation

Tan WC, Sin DD, Bourbeau J, et al

Characteristics of COPD in never-smokers and ever-smokers in the general population: results from the CanCOLD study

Thorax 2015;70:822-829.

Publication history

Received February 13, 2015
Revised May 8, 2015
Accepted May 21, 2015
First published June 5, 2015.

Online issue publication

August 13, 2015

Article Versions

Previous version (5 June 2015).
You are viewing the most recent version of this article.

Request permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

Copyright information

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions

Log in using your username and password

Main menu

Log in using your username and password

You are here

Authors

Citation

Publication history

Article Versions

Request permissions

Copyright information

Read the full text or download the PDF:

Log in using your username and password