Table 4.
Sample Characteristics for COPD Patients With Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and Without MetS (n = 94).
| COPD With MetS (n =54; 57.5%)
|
COPD Without MetS (n = 40; 42.5%)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Gender | ||
| male | 27 (50.0%) | 15 (37.5%) |
| female | 27 (50.0%) | 25 (62.5%) |
| Race | ||
| Mexican American, other Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black | 13 (24.1%) | 13 (32.5%) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 41 (75.9%) | 27 (67.5%) |
| Education | ||
| High school or less | 49 (90.7%) | 28 (70.7%) |
| Some college education or above | 5 (9.3%) | 12 (30.0%) |
| Income | ||
| <$35,000 | 37 (72.6%) | 18 (60.0%) |
| $35,000–$65,000 | 12 (23.5%) | 4 (13.3%) |
| >$65,000 | 2 (3.9%) | 8 (26.7%) |
| Marital status | ||
| Living with someone, married | 34 (63.0%) | 17 (42.5%) |
| Separated, widowed, divorced | 20 (37.0%) | 23 (57.5%) |
| Self-reported health | ||
| Excellent, very good, and good | 21 (39.6%) | 21 (56.8%) |
| Fair and poor | 32 (60.4%) | 16 (43.2%) |
| Respiratory symptoms | ||
| 0 | 9 (16.7%) | 10 (25.0%) |
| >0 | 45 (83.3%) | 30 (75.0%) |
| Depression | ||
| None | 32 (60.4%) | 19 (51.4%) |
| At least several days | 21 (39.6%) | 18 (48.7%) |
| Smoking | ||
| Current smoker | 24 (44.4%) | 21 (52.5%) |
| Former smoker | 22 (40.7%) | 8 (20.0%) |
| Nonsmoker | 8 (14.8%) | 11 (27.5%) |
| Drinking | ||
| Non-drinker | 21 (41.2%) | 12 (34.3%) |
| Moderate drinker | 12 (23.5%) | 8 (22.9%) |
| Heavy drinker | 18 (35.3%) | 15 (42.9%) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 16 (29.6%) | 9 (22.5%) |
| Body mass index (BMI) | ||
| BMI < 25 | 15 (27.8%) | 26 (65.0%) |
| 25 ≤ BMI < 30 | 16 (29.6%) | 8 (20.0%) |
| 30 ≤ BMI | 23 (42.6%) | 8 (15.0%) |
Note. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.