Table 5 Prevalence of COPD among people aged 40 years and older by WHO geographical region
WHO region | FR Criteria | LLN criteria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence of COPD (%) (95% CI) | I2 (%) | P value | Prevalence of COPD (%) (95% CI) | I2 (%) | p value | |
EMR | 7.95 (3.72–13.59) | 95.24 | P < 0.0001 | 6.9 (0.042–0.110) | 83.34 | 0.000 |
EUR | 13.09 (8.32–18.76) | 97.63 | P < 0.0001 | 7.34 (6.7–8.01) | 95.86 | P < 0.0001 |
AMR | 22.93 (8.18–42.34) | 99,77 | P < 0.0001 | 4.82 (0.49–13.23) | 99.80 | P < 0.0001 |
SEAR | 19.48 (7.99–34.47) | 98.65 | P < 0.0001 | 10.17 (2.22–22.94) | 98.63 | P < 0.0001 |
WPR | 11.17 (9.11–13.42) | 99.42 | P < 0.0001 | 7.56 (3.70-10.11) | 94.96 | P < 0.0001 |
AFR | - |  |  | 7.7 ( 6.0–9.8) | - | P < 0.0001 |