Respiratory Symptoms and Smoking Habits in Older People with Age and Sex Differences

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Using the M.R.C. Questionnaire on Bronchitis and a questionnaire on smoking on a random sample of persons aged 62 and upwards, information was gathered about respiratorysymptoms and smoking habits. Cough, phlegm, repeated chest illness and wheeze were commoner in men thanin women. Significantly more younger than older men had these symptoms. This age trend was not found in women. Dyspnoea was commoner in women than in men and significantly more older than younger women had the severer grades of dyspnoea.73 % of women and 8 % of men have never smoked. A greater proportion of men than women smoke cigarettes and their daily consumption is larger. A lesser proportion of older than younger men and women smoke cigarettes, but a greater proportion of older than younger men smoke pipes. A greater proportion of cigarette smokers than non-smokers in both men and women admit to cough, phlegm, chest illness, admission to hospital with respiratory illness and wheeze. The proportion of men with persistent cough and phlegm increases as cigarette consumption rises.

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