The Vancouver-BOLD Study: The Burden of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Study to determine the burden of disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00136006

P05-0061

05-0965

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a study of the lung health of the population of Vancouver and the extent of, and the risk factors for, chronic obstructive lung disease.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 40 years of age and older
• Both sexes
• Random sample of population

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindication for lung function testing and serious life threatening illness.