Table 1.
Patient characteristics*
| Characteristic | All n = 113 |
Physician diagnosis |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asthma exacerbation n = 67 (59%) | COPD exacerbation n = 46 (41%) | |||
|
Age, years |
|
|||
| <35 |
20 (18%) |
18 (27%) |
2 (4%) |
<0.0001 |
| 35-64 |
71 (63%) |
44 (66%) |
27 (59%) |
|
| ≥65 |
22 (19%) |
5 (7%) |
17 (37%) |
|
|
Female |
77 (68%) |
48 (72%) |
29 (63%) |
0.41 |
|
BMI, kg/m2 |
|
|
|
|
| <18.5 (Underweight) |
7 (6%) |
0 (0%) |
7 (15%) |
0.009 |
| 18.5-24.9 (Normal) |
22 (19%) |
11 (16%) |
11 (24%) |
|
| 25-29.9 (Overweight) |
21 (19%) |
15 (22%) |
6 (13%) |
|
| ≥30 (Obese) |
63 (56%) |
41 (61%) |
22 (48%) |
|
| Median days from hospital admission spirometry testing (IQR) | 1 (1 to 2) | 1 (1 to 2) | 1 (1 to 2) | 0.77 |
Values above represent n (column %), unless otherwise specified.
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range.
* Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100%.