Abstract
Background
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a respiratory tract disease that is non-reversible due to chronic inflammation that occurs in the respiratory tract. The cause of COPD that has been known for a long time is smoking, but several studies have shown that people who do not smoke also suffer from COPD. This study aims to identify the proportion of COPD patients who do not smoke in the city of Padang.
Method
50 patients who had been diagnosed with COPD at the Regional General Hospital in dr. Rashidin and the Reksosudiryo Army Hospital, Padang City were included in this cross-sectional study and conducted interviews.
Results
The proportion of COPD non-smokers was 18% of 50 patients and smokers by 82%. Among nine non-smokers of COPD patients, the highest proportion in patients with male sex was 55.6%, aged over 60 years was 66.7% and normoweight Body Mass Index and overweight was 66.67%
CONCLUSION
This study concluded that people those who do not have a history of smoking can also suffer from COPD with the most cases in the elderly, men and a lower body mass index.
Keywords
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