Distribution of COPD-related symptoms in the Middle East and North Africa: Results of the BREATHE study
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BREATHE core team members: Abdelkader El Hasnaoui, GlaxoSmithKline, Dubai, UAE; Nauman Rashid, GlaxoSmithKline, Dubai, UAE; Aïcha Lahlou, MS Health, Rabat, Morocco; Adam Doble, Foxymed, Paris, France, Hocine Salhi, Foxymed, Paris, France and Chakib Nejjari Faculty of Medicine of Fez, Fez, Morocco.
Conflict of interest statement
MAT, SN, JAK, MB, BM, NMO, EU, AS and SW have received honoraria from GlaxoSmithKline Laboratories for their contribution to the BREATHE study. CN advised on the data management and statistical analysis of the results of the BREATHE study on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline Laboratories. NR and AEH are employees of GlaxoSmithKline Laboratories, which funded the BREATHE study and market a number of treatments for COPD.
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All academic authors contributed equally to the work presented.
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BREATHE Steering Committee members (in alphabetical order of names): Ashraf Alzaabi, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Majed Beji, University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia; Ali Ben Kheder, Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia; Magdy Idrees, Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Ghali Iraqui, Moulay Youssef Hospital, Rabat, Morocco; Arshad Javaid, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan; Javaid Ahmed Khan, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan; Adel Khattab, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Marie Louise Koniski, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon; Bassam Mahboub, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE; Salim Nafti, Mustapha Bacha Hospital, Algiers, Algeria; Nathir M. Obeidat, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; Mehmet Polatli, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey; Abdullah Sayiner, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey; Naem Shahrour, Alasaad University Hospital, Damascus, Syria; Mohamed Awad Tageldin, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Samya Taright, Bab-El-Oued Hospital, Algiers, Algeria; Esra Uzaslan, Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey; Siraj Wali, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.