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. 2007 Sep 26;5:8. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-5-8

Table 1.

Risk factors for COPD included in the final prevalence model

Variable Odds Ratio (95% CI) (univariate model) Odds Ratio (95% CI) (final logistic model)
MEN (n = 4970)

Smoking Status (P < 0.001) (P < 0.001)
 - Never smoker 1 1
 - Former smoker 3.63 (2.54 – 5.21) 2.18 (1.48 – 3.23)
 - Current Smoker 3.81 (2.64 – 5.52) 4.50 (3.01 – 6.74)

Age-group (in years of age) (P < 0.001) (P < 0.001)
 - <35 1 1
 - 35–44 1.65 (0.86 – 3.17) 1.94 (0.99 – 3.78)
 - 45–54 2.45 (1.33 – 4.50) 2.66 (1.41 – 4.99)
 - 55–64 6.91 (4.02 – 11.89) 7.92 (4.46 – 14.07)
 - 65–74 10.40 (6.08 – 17.80) 12.69 (7.12 – 22.60)
 - 75+ 12.15 (6.78 – 21.76) 16.02 (8.57 – 29.94)

Area of residence (P = 0.02) (P = 0.25)
 - Urban 1 1
 - Suburban 0.70 (0.50 – 0.97) 0.74 (0.51 – 1.06)
 - Rural 0.58 (0.39 – 0.86) 0.72 (0.46 – 1.15)

Ethnicity (P = 0.64) (P = 0.95)
 - White 1 1
 - Black/Black British 1.20 (0.48 – 2.99) 1.17 (0.44 – 3.10)
 - Asian/Asian British 0.69 (0.28 – 1.70) 0.97 (0.37 – 2.51)

Quintile of Multiple Deprivation Score 1.22 (1.11 – 1.34) (P < 0.001) 1.17 (1.05 – 1.31) (P = 0.005)

WOMEN (n = 5779)

Smoking Status (P < 0.001) (P < 0.001)
 - Never smoker 1 1
 - Former smoker 1.70 (1.07 – 2.64) 1.26 (0.79 – 2.01)
 - Current Smoker 3.53 (2.43 – 5.14) 4.11 (2.74 – 6.15)

Age-group (in years of age) (P < 0.001) (P < 0.001)
 - <35 1 1
 - 35–44 1.08 (0.53 – 2.19) 1.35 (0.65 – 2.79)
 - 45–54 2.34 (1.28 – 4.30) 2.69 (1.42 – 5.09)
 - 55–64 4.18 (2.34 – 7.47) 6.03 (3.26 – 11.15)
 - 65–74 5.36 (2.99 – 9.61) 8.04 (4.33 – 14.91)
 - 75+ 5.34 (2.79 – 10.22) 10.40 (5.18 – 20.87)

Area of residence (P = 0.01) (P = 0.04)
 - Urban 1 1
 - Suburban 0.62 (0.42 – 0.92) 0.59 (0.39 – 0.90)
 - Rural 0.47 (0.29 – 0.77) 0.55 (0.32 – 0.96)

Ethnicity (P = 0.19) (P = 0.50)
 - White 1 1
 - Black/Black British 1.14 (0.42 – 3.12) 1.81 (0.64 – 5.14)
 - Asian/Asian British 0.24 (0.03 – 1.76) 0.60 (0.08 – 4.47)

Quintile of Multiple Deprivation Score 1.18 (1.05 – 1.34) (P = 0.005) 1.11 (0.98 – 1.27) (P = 0.11)