Table 1. Patients’ baseline demographics.

Characteristic	Budesonide/formoterol			All patients (n = 4,581)
	80/4.5 µg b.i.d. (n = 119)	160/4.5 µg b.i.d. (n = 3,106)	2 × 160/4.5 µg b.i.d. (n = 1,355)
Sex, no. (%)
Male	42 (35)	1,099 (35)	490 (36)	1,631 (36)
Female	77 (65)	2,007 (65)	865 (64)	2,950 (64)a
Age, years
Mean	46.0	47.8	50.1	48.4
Range	17 – 86	18 – 89	18 – 88	17 – 89

b.i.d. = twice daily. ^aIncludes 1 patient wrongly prescribed 320/18 µg who was only included in the “all patients” group.