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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Chronic bronchitis and age the relationship between smoking [Keyword] chronic bronchitis; age; Smoking Chronic bronchitis is a common and frequently-occurring disease, the clinical long-term cough, sputum, or accompanied by wheezing, and often repeated in the cold season, mainly for acute episodes. From July 2003 ~ December 2005 our department treated 46 patients with analysis shows a high incidence of elderly smokers than non-smokers, a high incidence of. Experience now described as follows: 1 General Information Our department in July 2003 ~ December 2005 were treated 46 patients with chronic bronchitis, of which 30 cases of male, female 16 cases; 60 ~ 69 years old in 17 cases, 70 to 79 years in 27 cases, 80 to 86-year-old two cases of . 2 Case selection criteria This group of patients in accordance with national diagnostic criteria for chronic bronchitis, all consistent with a continuous cough, sputum more than 3 months, or have chronic cough, sputum production for 2 years and 2 months per year or more, and to exclude heart, lung and other diseases cause who may be diagnosed as chronic bronchitis [1]. 3 Results 3.1 The age and sex (Table 1) The group of 46 patients with chronic bronchitis patients, male 30 cases, female 16 cases, male to female ratio of about 2:1, showing that chronic bronchitis, mainly in the male patients. Because the characteristics of community hospitals, patients are mostly old and infirm, those with mobility problems, so patients with chronic bronchitis 70 ~ 79 years for more of the total number of 58.7%, but does not indicate multiple patients with chronic bronchitis in this age groups. 3.2 The course of the disease, the incidence seasonal comparison (Table 2) We can see from Table 2, smoking and duration of the more elderly, the incidence rate. A good winter and spring season for the disease. 3.3 Smoking index (Table 3) Smoking index for an average daily cigarette consumption of smokers smoki