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A diagnosis of asthma was present in 74.0%; 16.3% had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 4.1% had chronic bronchitis. Prevalence of airflow obstruction was respectively 77.1%, 54.0% and 64.0% in Benin, Cameroon, and Gambia. Across the sites, 18.0% reported &gt;5 exacerbations. The median home particulate matter less than 2.5 \u03bcm in diameter (PM\n                      <jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>\n                      ) was respectively 13.0 \u03bcg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      , 5.0 \u03bcg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      and 4.4 \u03bcg\/m\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      . The median home carbon monoxide (CO) exposures were respectively 1.6 parts per million (ppm), 0.3 ppm and 0.4 ppm. Home PM\n                      <jats:sub>2.5<\/jats:sub>\n                      differed significantly between the three countries (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001) while home CO did not.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Based on these results, preventive programmes should focus on ensuring proper spirometric diagnosis, good disease control and reduction in air pollution exposure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5588\/ijtldopen.23.0490","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,14]],"date-time":"2024-04-14T00:30:30Z","timestamp":1713054630000},"page":"174-181","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Non-communicable airway disease and air pollution in three African Countries: Benin, Cameroon and The Gambia"],"prefix":"10.5588","volume":"1","author":[{"given":"B.","family":"Awokola","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"H.","family":"Lawin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"O.","family":"Johnson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Humphrey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D.","family":"Nzogo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"L.","family":"Zubar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G.","family":"Okello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"S.","family":"Semple","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"E.","family":"Awokola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G.","family":"Amusa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"N.","family":"Mohammed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"C.","family":"Jewell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"Erhart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"K.","family":"Mortimer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G.","family":"Devereux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"B.H.","family":"Mbatchou-Ngahane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3554","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1183\/13993003.02865-2021"},{"key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj-2021-069679"},{"key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.3","first-page":"A1763","article-title":"Prevalence and determinants of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a rural area in Cameroon","volume":"195","author":"Mbatchou","year":"2017","journal-title":"Am J Respir Crit Care Med"},{"key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.4","first-page":"100783","article-title":"Prevalence and determinants of current asthma in Cameroon","volume":"78","author":"Balkissou","year":"2020","journal-title":"Respir Med Res"},{"issue":"Supplement","key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"A275","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rmr.2016.10.674","article-title":"Sympt\u00f4mes d\u2019asthme bronchique dans la population de Parakou, B\u00e9nin : fr\u00e9quence et association des signes de rhinite allergique","volume":"34","author":"Ade","year":"2017","journal-title":"Rev Mal Respir"},{"key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.1001621"},{"key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(14)60617-6"},{"issue":"4","key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.8","first-page":"243","article-title":"A systematic review of the relation between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and chronic diseases","volume":"23","author":"Chen","year":"2008","journal-title":"Rev Environ Health"},{"key":"2026011502085076000_1.4.174.9","unstructured":"World Health Organization . 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