Table 1.
Sample characteristics for people with COPD and the comparison group.
| COPD (n = 224)
|
Comparison group (n = 1386)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD
|
Mean ± SD
|
|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Age | 70.05 ± 8.66 | 69.21 ± 8.67 |
| Gender (male)* | 114 (50.9%) | 891 (64.3%) |
| Race | ||
| Others, including Hispanic, Mexican-American, Non-Hispanic Black | 63 (28.1%) | 551 (39.8%) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 161 (71.9%) | 835 (60.3%) |
| Education | ||
| High school or less | 132 (59.2%) | 841 (60.9%) |
| More than high school | 91 (40.8%) | 541 (39.2%) |
| Income | ||
| <$25,000 | 110 (51.6%) | 499 (38.5%) |
| $25,000–$55,000 | 68 (31.9%) | 470 (36.3%) |
| >$55,000 | 35 (16.4%) | 327 (25.2%) |
| Currently working* | 32 (14.3%) | 453 (32.7%) |
| Marital status* | ||
| Living with someone, married | 166 (51.8%) | 871 (62.8%) |
| Separated, widowed, divorced | 108 (48.2%) | 515 (37.2%) |
| Number of people in household | ||
| 1 | 65 (29.0%) | 336 (24.2%) |
| 2–7 | 159 (71.0%) | 1050 (75.8%) |
| Self-reported health* | ||
| Excellent, very good, and good | 112 (51.9%) | 980 (73.5%) |
| Fair and poor | 104 (48.2%) | 354 (26.5%) |
| Pack years of smoking* | 56.43 ± 44.75 | 39.91 ± 37.66 |
| Shortness of breath* | 168 (75.0%) | 552 (40.0%) |
| Coughing* | 82 (36.6%) | 137 (9.9%) |
| Sputum* | 75 (33.6%) | 146 (10.6%) |
| Wheezing* | 115 (51.3%) | 150 (10.8%) |
| Number of Co-morbidities* | 3.26 ± 2.10 | 2.15 ± 1.71 |
| Body Mass Index, kg/m2 | 28.74 ± 7.24 | 28.24 ± 5.39 |
*
p < 0.05 comparison of data between COPD and comparison group.