Table 5 COPD and asthma prevalence reported from selected cross-sectional Italian investigations compared with raw and adjusted estimates obtained by our reference algorithm
Data source | First author, publication year, [reference] | Year | Age (years) | Prevalence (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original study | Reference algorithm, row estimate | Reference algorithm, misclassification adjusted estimate | ||||
COPD | ||||||
HCU | Anecchino, 2007 [9] | 2004 | ≥45 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 7.2 |
Faustini, 2008 [17] | 2004 | ≥35 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 5.5 | |
Faustini, 2012 [16] | 2006 | ≥35 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 5.7 | |
Gini, 2013 [6] | 2009 | ≥16 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 4.7 | |
GPs | Cazzola, 2011 [18] | 2009 | ≥15 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
Surveys | ISTAT, 2008 [23] | 2005 | All ages | 4.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
de Marco, 2013 [20] | 2007 | 20–84 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 | |
Asthma | ||||||
HCU | Bianchi, 2011 [10] | 2005 | 6–17 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 7.9 |
GPs | Cazzola, 2011 [18] | 2009 | ≥15 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 3.8 |
Surveys | ISTAT, 2008 [23] | 2005 | All ages | 3.5 | 1.8 | 4.6 |
Demoly, 2009 [21] | 2006 | ≥18 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | |
To, 2012 [24] | 2002–2003 | ≥18 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 4.1 | |
Jarvis, 2012 [22] | 2008–2009 | 15–74 | 10.7 | 1.8 | 4.6 | |
de Marco, 2012 [19] | 2007–2010 | 20–44 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 6.1 | |
de Marco, 2013 [20] | 2007 | 20–84 | 8.8 | 1.4 | 3.6 | |