Table 1.
COPD (n = 224)
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Comparison group (n = 1386)
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Mean ± SD
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Mean ± SD
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|
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.