In this large population-based study of middle-aged people, chronic airflow limitation (CAL)and impaired DlCO were associated with common respiratory symptoms. Self-reported asthma was not associated with CAL in never-smokers. These findings suggest that CAL in never-smokers signifies a separate clinical phenotype that may be monitored and, possibly, treated differently from smoking-related COPD.
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