| ATS/ERS | American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| CAPTURE | COPD Assessment in Primary Care to Identify Undiagnosed Respiratory Disease and Exacerbation Risk |
| CDQ | COPD Diagnostic Questionnaire |
| CI | confidence intervals |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| COPS-PS | COPD Population Screener Questionnaire |
| FEV1 | Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 s |
| FEV1/FVC | ratio by dividing FEV1 by FV |
| FVC | Forced Vital Capacity |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| L-MICs | low- and middle-income countries |
| ORs | odds ratios |
| PC | primary care |
| PCP | primary care physicians |
| post-BD | post-bronchodilator |
| PSM | Propensity score matching |
| ROC | receiver operator characteristics |