COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses

The World Health Organization considers cigarette smoke as a major risk factor and causal agent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, smoke from biomass in poorly ventilated environments may be the major causative agent in developing countries. There is little epidemiological evi...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Moreno,Angel, Espinoza-Navarro,Omar
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2013
Materias:	COPD Altitude Anthropometry Elderly men Chile
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022013000200044
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:scielo:S0717-95022013000200044
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220130002000442014-09-09COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological ResponsesMoreno,AngelEspinoza-Navarro,Omar COPD Altitude Anthropometry Elderly men Chile The World Health Organization considers cigarette smoke as a major risk factor and causal agent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, smoke from biomass in poorly ventilated environments may be the major causative agent in developing countries. There is little epidemiological evidence of COPD in relation to the use of biomass fuels and altitude of the place of residence, and there is no record of the morphological and physiological characteristics of patients with COPD living at different altitudes. The objective of this research was to compare a) morphological characteristics: weight, height and body mass index (BMI) and b) physiological responses: spirometric record, heart rate, oxygen saturation and hemoglobin concentration in a sample (n=30) of adults aged between 60-75 years, non smokers, exposed to smoke from biomass fuels, diagnosed with COPD, living at sea level (San Miguel de Azapa, 580 m.a.s.l, n = 10) and high altitude (Putre, 3500 meters, n = 20). The results among residents from sea level versus high altitude showed no significant differences in morpho-anthropometric variables such as weight (70.5 ± 6.8/69.7 ± 6.1), height (1.58 ± 0.08/1.56 ± 0.05) and BMI (29.1 ± 2.5 / 28.5 ± 1.9). Similar behavior was observed in the spirometric records of FVC (2.66 ± 0.54 / 2.48 ± 0.40) and FEV1 (1.86 ± 0.72 / 1.84 ± 0.55). Significant differences were observed for physiological variables such as heart rate (65 ± 5/90 ± 3), oxygen saturation (93 ± 2.7 / 79 ± 4) and hemoglobin concentration (14 ± 2/19 ± 2), respectively. These results manifest the greater physiological effort made by individuals from high altitude to cope both environmental and related from COPD hypoxia. We conclude that there are distinct physiological responses among patients with COPD living at high altitude and sea level.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.31 n.2 20132013-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022013000200044en10.4067/S0717-95022013000200044
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	COPD Altitude Anthropometry Elderly men Chile
spellingShingle	COPD Altitude Anthropometry Elderly men Chile Moreno,Angel Espinoza-Navarro,Omar COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses
description	The World Health Organization considers cigarette smoke as a major risk factor and causal agent of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, smoke from biomass in poorly ventilated environments may be the major causative agent in developing countries. There is little epidemiological evidence of COPD in relation to the use of biomass fuels and altitude of the place of residence, and there is no record of the morphological and physiological characteristics of patients with COPD living at different altitudes. The objective of this research was to compare a) morphological characteristics: weight, height and body mass index (BMI) and b) physiological responses: spirometric record, heart rate, oxygen saturation and hemoglobin concentration in a sample (n=30) of adults aged between 60-75 years, non smokers, exposed to smoke from biomass fuels, diagnosed with COPD, living at sea level (San Miguel de Azapa, 580 m.a.s.l, n = 10) and high altitude (Putre, 3500 meters, n = 20). The results among residents from sea level versus high altitude showed no significant differences in morpho-anthropometric variables such as weight (70.5 ± 6.8/69.7 ± 6.1), height (1.58 ± 0.08/1.56 ± 0.05) and BMI (29.1 ± 2.5 / 28.5 ± 1.9). Similar behavior was observed in the spirometric records of FVC (2.66 ± 0.54 / 2.48 ± 0.40) and FEV1 (1.86 ± 0.72 / 1.84 ± 0.55). Significant differences were observed for physiological variables such as heart rate (65 ± 5/90 ± 3), oxygen saturation (93 ± 2.7 / 79 ± 4) and hemoglobin concentration (14 ± 2/19 ± 2), respectively. These results manifest the greater physiological effort made by individuals from high altitude to cope both environmental and related from COPD hypoxia. We conclude that there are distinct physiological responses among patients with COPD living at high altitude and sea level.
author	Moreno,Angel Espinoza-Navarro,Omar
author_facet	Moreno,Angel Espinoza-Navarro,Omar
author_sort	Moreno,Angel
title	COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses
title_short	COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses
title_full	COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses
title_fullStr	COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses
title_full_unstemmed	COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses
title_sort	copd in non-smoking elderly men at sea level and high altitude: comparing anthropometric characteristics and physiological responses
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2013
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022013000200044
work_keys_str_mv	AT morenoangel copdinnonsmokingelderlymenatsealevelandhighaltitudecomparinganthropometriccharacteristicsandphysiologicalresponses AT espinozanavarroomar copdinnonsmokingelderlymenatsealevelandhighaltitudecomparinganthropometriccharacteristicsandphysiologicalresponses
_version_	1718444826939097088

COPD in Non-smoking Elderly Men at Sea Level and High Altitude: Comparing Anthropometric Characteristics and Physiological Responses

Ejemplares similares