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. 2015 Mar 5;10:497–506. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S77662

Table S2.

Multivariate analysis of risk factors for COPD in total subjects and ever-smokers

Factors Total
Ever-smoker
OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Sex
 Male 5.9 4.5–7.8 <0.0001 2.6 1.5–4.5 0.001
 Female Reference Reference
Age (years)
 40–49 Reference Reference
 50–59 2.4 1.7–3.5 <0.0001 2.8 1.8–4.4 <0.0001
 60–69 5.9 4.0–8.7 <0.0001 7.2 4.6–11.5 <0.0001
 70–79 13.4 8.8–20.5 <0.0001 15.6 9.0–27.0 <0.0001
 ≥80 16.2 7.3–36.3 <0.0001 8.4 2.9–24.7 <0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)
 <18.5 2.1 1.1–4.1 0.022 1.6 0.72–3.3 0.245
 18.5–24.9 Reference Reference
 ≥25.0 0.7 0.5–0.9 0.006 0.7 0.5–1.0 0.049
Secondhand smoking
 No Reference Reference
 Yes 1.2 0.9–1.5 0.266 1.1 0.8–1.6 0.458
Education level
 High school or more Reference Reference
 Middle school or less 1.7 1.3–2.2 <0.0001 1.6 1.2–2.2 0.005
Occupation
 Manager/professional/office worker/service/sales worker Reference Reference
 Agriculture/fishery worker 1.4 0.9–2.1 0.156 1.2 0.7–1.9 0.535
 Skilled labor/machine operator 1.0 0.7–1.6 0.909 0.9 0.6–1.5 0.769
 Manual laborer (construction, mining) 2.2 1.5–3.1 <0.0001 1.2 1.2–3.4 0.006
 No labor 1.5 1.0–2.1 0.044 1.4 0.9–2.2 0.146
Living with partner
 Yes Reference Reference
 No 1.3 1.0–1.7 0.077 1.2 0.8–1.4 0.441
Family income
 High Reference Reference
 Low 1.0 0.8–1.3 0.929 1.0 0.81–1.54 0.764
Diabetes mellitus
 No Reference Reference
 Yes 1.2 0.8–1.6 0.382 1.2 0.8–1.7 0.297
Hypertension
 No Reference Reference
 Yes 0.7 0.6–0.9 0.003 0.6 0.5–0.8 0.002
Pulmonary tuberculosis
 No Reference Reference
 Yes 2.9 1.9–4.3 <0.0001 2.3 1.5–3.6 <0.0001
Bronchiectasis
 No Reference Reference
 Yes 2.7 1.0–7.6 0.06 1.0 0.4–2.7 0.966

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index.