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Low socioeconomic status is associated with worse lung function in the Danish cystic fibrosis population

David C. Taylor-Robinson, Karsten Thielen, Tania Pressler, Hanne V. Olesen, Finn Diderichsen, Peter J. Diggle, Rosalind Smyth, Margaret Whitehead
European Respiratory Journal 2014; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00063714
David C. Taylor-Robinson
1Dept of Public Health and Policy, Whelan Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Karsten Thielen
2Dept of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tania Pressler
3Cystic Fibrosis Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hanne V. Olesen
4Paediatric Dept A, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Finn Diderichsen
2Dept of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Peter J. Diggle
5Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Rosalind Smyth
6UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Margaret Whitehead
1Dept of Public Health and Policy, Whelan Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Low socioeconomic status is associated with worse lung function and greater risk of death in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) in the UK and USA, but there are no population level studies from other countries. A feature of previous analyses of inequalities in lung function in CF by socioeconomic status has been the identification of a lung function deficit in more disadvantaged children, which is evident as soon as spirometry can be routinely undertaken at ∼5–6 years of age. The finding of a fixed lung function deficit in the most deprived children in the early years of life has important policy implications, and suggests that deprivation has a detrimental effect on lung health in the early years of a child’s life.

We questioned whether similar patterns were evident in other CF populations, so assessed the effect of socioeconomic status on lung function trajectory measured by forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) % predicted in the Danish population. Therefore, we undertook a retrospective, longitudinal, cohort study of all children and adults with CF who had contributed lung function measures to the Danish CF registry between 1969 and 2010 who could be linked to the national level administrative registers.

  • Received April 4, 2014.
  • Accepted July 6, 2014.
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Low socioeconomic status is associated with worse lung function in the Danish cystic fibrosis population
David C. Taylor-Robinson, Karsten Thielen, Tania Pressler, Hanne V. Olesen, Finn Diderichsen, Peter J. Diggle, Rosalind Smyth, Margaret Whitehead
European Respiratory Journal Jan 2014, erj00637-2014; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00063714

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David C. Taylor-Robinson, Karsten Thielen, Tania Pressler, Hanne V. Olesen, Finn Diderichsen, Peter J. Diggle, Rosalind Smyth, Margaret Whitehead
European Respiratory Journal Jan 2014, erj00637-2014; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00063714
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