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. 2023 May 16;18:32. doi: 10.51866/oa.258

Table 1. Patient demographics and clinical characteristics by practice type and asthma severity in the Malaysian cohort of SABINA III.

 

Primary care (n=265)

Specialty care (n=466)

Total (N=732)*

 

Mild asthma (n=180)

Moderate-to-severe asthma (n=85)

All (n=265)

Mild asthma (n=73)

Moderate-to-severe asthma (n=393)

All (n=466)

Age, year, mean (SD)

49.77 (13.96)

54.74 (14.27)

51.36 (14.23)

49.33 (16.24)

50.96 (15.31)

50.71 (15.45)

50.93 (15.01)

Women, n (%)

144 (80.0)

64 (75.3)

208 (78.5)

55 (75.3)

319 (81.2)

374 (80.3)

583 (79.6)

Men, n (%)

36 (20.0)

21 (24.7)

57 (21.5)

18 (24.7)

74 (18.8)

92 (19.7)

149 (20.4)

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

28.19 (5.95)

29.63 (6.9)

28.65 (6.3)

28.58 (7.74)

28.74 (6.25)

28.72 (6.5)

28.69 (6.42)

25-29.9, n (%)

61 (33.9)

25 (29.4)

86 (32.5)

26 (35.6)

127 (32.3)

153 (32.8)

240 (32.8)

>30, n (%)

62 (34.4)

37 (43.5)

99 (37.4)

24 (32.9)

151 (38.4)

175 (37.6)

274 (37.4)

Smoking status

Active smoker

6 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

6 (2.3)

2 (2.7)

4 (1.0)

6 (1.3)

12 (1.6)

Former smoker

11 (6.1)

8 (9.4)

19 (7.2)

5 (6.8)

25 (6.4)

30 (6.4)

49 (6.7)

Never smoker

163 (90.6)

77 (90.6)

240 (90.6)

66 (90.4)

364 (92.6)

430 (92.3)

671 (91.7)

Educational level

Primary school

25 (13.9)

14 (16.5)

39 (14.7)

3 (4.1)

51 (13.0)

54 (11.6)

93 (12.7)

Secondary school

103 (57.2)

50 (58.8)

153 (57.7)

39 (53.4)

159 (40.5)

198 (42.5)

352 (48.1)

High school

22 (12.2)

10 (11.8)

32 (12.1)

9 (12.3)

34 (8.7)

43 (9.2)

75 (10.2)

University or higher

26 (14.4)

11 (12.9)

37 (14.0)

20 (27.4)

132 (33.6)

152 (32.6)

189 (25.8)

Unknown

4 (2.2)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.5)

2 (2.7)

17 (4.3)

19 (4.1)

23 (3.1)

Healthcare insurance or medical funding

Not reimbursed

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.1)

35 (8.9)

38 (8.2)

38 (5.2)

Partially reimbursed

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

7 (9.6)

19 (4.8)

26 (5.6)

26 (3.6)

Fully reimbursed

180 (100.0)

85 (100.0)

265 (100.0)

60 (82.2)

339 (86.3)

399 (85.6)

665 (90.8)

Unknown

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (4.1)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.6)

3 (0.4)

Comorbidities

None

43 (23.9)

10 (11.8)

53 (20.0)

25 (34.2)

98 (24.9)

123 (26.4)

177 (24.2)

1-2

100 (55.6)

36 (42.4)

136 (51.3)

37 (50.7)

192 (48.9)

229 (49.1)

365 (49.9)

3-4

36 (20.0)

30 (35.3)

66 (24.9)

11 (15.1)

82 (20.9)

93 (20.0)

159 (21.7)

≥5

1 (0.6)

9 (10.6)

10 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

21 (5.3)

21 (4.5)

31 (4.2)

BMI, body mass index; SABA, short-acting ß2-agonist; SABINA, SABA use IN Asthma; SD, standard deviation.

*

Data were missing for one patient.