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. 2024 Jun 17;24:282. doi: 10.1186/s12890-024-03100-y

Table 2.

Differences of clinical characteristics between CB and non-CB according to 2 different definitions

Classic definition CAT definition
Non-CB
(n = 4890, 78.4%)
CB
(n = 1350, 21.6%)
P-value Non-CB
(n = 3124, 75.1%)
CB
(n = 1037, 24.9%)
P-value
Age 65.4 ± 8.7 62.5 ± 8.6 < 0.01 66.0 ± 8.4 64.0 ± 8.9 < 0.01
Sex (male) 3310 (67.7%) 903 (66.9%) 0.60 2263 (72.4%) 757 (73.0%) 0.76
Race < 0.01 < 0.01
 - NHW 2513 (51.4%) 949 (70.3%) 1392 (44.6%) 468 (45.1%)
 - AA 805 (16.5%) 213 (15.8%) 354 (11.3%) 158 (15.2%)
 - Asian 1572 (32.1%) 188 (13.9%) 1378 (44.1%) 411 (39.6%)
Smoking status < 0.01 < 0.01
 -Ex-smoker 3188 (65.2%) 602 (44.6%) 2099 (67.2%) 532 (51.3%)
 -Current smoker 1702 (34.8%) 748 (55.4%) 1025 (32.8%) 404 (48.7%)
Smoking pack-year 48.2 ± 26.0 54.5 ± 28.1 < 0.01 46.5 ± 24.4 50.2 ± 26.5 < 0.01
BMI 26.3 ± 5.8 27.1 ± 6.3 < 0.01 25.9 ± 5.6 25.9 ± 5.8 1.00
Comorbidities
 - DM 681 (13.9%) 174 (12.9%) 0.35 438 (14.0%) 140 (13.5%) 0.71
 - HTN 2230 (45.6%) 636 (47.1%) 0.34 1364 (43.7%) 435 (41.9%) 0.35
 - Myocardial infarction 313 (6.4%) 103 (7.6%) 0.12 187 (6.0%) 56 (5.4%) 0.54
 - Heart failure 206 (4.2%) 57 (4.2%) 1.00 87 (2.8%) 47 (4.5%) < 0.01
 - GERD 1122 (22.9%) 398 (29.5%) < 0.01 680 (21.8%) 257 (24.8%) 0.049
 - Stroke or TIA 201 (5.4%) 64 (5.3%) 0.94 92 (4.4%) 45 (6.3%) 0.049
mMRC 1.6 ± 1.3 2.3 ± 1.4 < 0.01 1.3 ± 1.2 1.9 ± 1.3 < 0.01
Total SGRQ score 31.7 ± 20.8 49.0 ± 21.0 < 0.01 27.7 ± 18.8 43.3 ± 21.6 < 0.01
 - Symptom 36.6 ± 22.3 62.9 ± 19.5 < 0.01 34.8 ± 21.4 54.5 ± 22.5 < 0.01
 - Activity 46.0 ± 27.8 61.3 ± 25.9 < 0.01 40.6 ± 25.8 54.3 ± 26.5 < 0.01
 - Impact 22.0 ± 19.8 37.8 ± 22.2 < 0.01 18.2 ± 17.4 33.6 ± 22.4 < 0.01
CAT score 13.5 ± 7.9 19.6 ± 8.3 < 0.01 9.7 ± 7.0 22.0 ± 7.2 < 0.01
 - CAT1 (cough) 1.8 ± 1.3 3.0 ± 1.3 < 0.01 1.4 ± 1.1 3.7 ± 0.8 < 0.01
 - CAT2 (sputum) 1.7 ± 1.4 2.8 ± 1.4 < 0.01 1.3 ± 1.1 3.6 ± 0.8 < 0.01
6MWT (m) 381.1 ± 123.0 365.1 ± 117.9 < 0.01 404.6 ± 112.1 381.3 ± 116.6 < 0.01
Depression 406 (15.0%) 140 (22.1%) < 0.01 348 (13.7%) 202 (24.5%) < 0.01
Anxiety 371 (14.5%) 114 (18.4%) 0.02 302 (12.5%) 185 (23.8%) < 0.01
Blood eosinophil count 209.1 ± 202.9 208.0 ± 199.6 0.90 207.7 ± 204.5 211.9 ± 194.2 0.58
GOLD stage < 0.01 < 0.01
 - I (FEV1 ≥ 80%) 853 (17.4%) 136 (10.1%) 610 (19.5%) 107 (10.3%)
 - II (FEV1 50–80%) 2294 (46.9%) 602 (44.6%) 1594 (51.0%) 528 (50.9%)
 - III (FEV1 30–50%) 1223 (25.0%) 430 (31.9%) 759 (24.3%) 327 (31.5%)
 - IV (FEV1 < 30%) 519 (10.6%) 182 (13.5%) 160 (5.1%) 75 (7.2%)
postBD FEV1 (L) 1.7 ± 0.7 1.6 ± 0.7 < 0.01 1.8 ± 0.7 1.6 ± 0.6 < 0.01
postBD FEV1 (%) 58.8 ± 21.7 53.3 ± 20.3 < 0.01 62.1 ± 20.0 56.4 ± 18.3 < 0.01
postBD FVC (L) 3.2 ± 1.0 3.2 ± 1.0 0.64 3.3 ± 0.9 3.2 ± 0.9 < 0.01
postBD FVC (%) 82.2 ± 19.2 79.9 ± 19.4 < 0.01 84.6 ± 17.9 81.5 ± 17.3 < 0.01
postBD FEV1/FVC 0.52 ± 0.13 0.50 ± 0.13 < 0.01 0.54 ± 0.12 0.51 ± 0.12 < 0.01
DLco 64.8 ± 22.2 62.5 ± 21.0 0.02 65.4 ± 22.1 61.2 ± 21.3 < 0.01
Emphysema on CT 2196 (56.2%) 683 (58.0%) 0.28 1216 (51.7%) 454 (55.5%) 0.07
Medications < 0.01 < 0.01
 - no inhaler 785 (27.8%) 163 (25.5%) 705 (27.8%) 250 (28.0%)
 - LABA or LAMA 542 (19.2%) 101 (15.8%) 494 (19.5%) 157 (17.6%)
 - LABA/LAMA 296 (10.5%) 35 (5.5%) 274 (10.8%) 64 (7.2%)
 - ICS/LABA 395 (14.0%) 98 (15.3%) 358 (14.1%) 137 (15.4%)
 - Triple therapy 808 (28.6%) 242 (37.9%) 707 (27.9%) 284 (31.8%)
Past exacerbation 1305 (27.0%) 582 (43.3%) < 0.01 710 (23.1%) 331 (32.3%) < 0.01
Past severe exacerbation 727 (15.0%) 319 (23.7%) < 0.01 355 (11.5%) 177 (17.3%) < 0.01

Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± SD

Demographic data in COPDGene was based on phase I database, except for CAT score and HADS score, which were based on phase II database

All demographic data in KOCOSS was based on the data at the baseline of the study

BMI Body mass index, DM Diabetes mellitus, HTN Hypertension, GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease, CT Computed tomography, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory, mMRC modified Medical Research Council,, CAT COPD Assessment Test, 6MWT 6-minute walk distance test, ACO Asthma-COPD overlap

LAMA long-acting muscarinic antagonist, LABA long-acting beta2-agonist, ICS inhaled corticosteroids