Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

	Overall n=245	US n=62	EU n=183	UK n=62	Germany n=59	France n=62
Mean age, years	60.7	64.3	59.5	61.5	60.2	56.9
Mean number of years since first COPD diagnosis, years	8.3	8.5	8.2	7.9	8.9	7.9
Level of severity diagnosed,* %
Mild	12	7	13	15	13	11
Moderate	42	43	44	40	58	36
Severe	30	28	30	32	21	36
Very severe	6	8	5	3	3	7
Unknown	10	14	8	10	5	10
Type of HCP visits, %
Primary care physician	45	41	46	76	46	16
Pulmonologist	41	54	36	10	20	79
Internal medicine specialist	9	3	11	2	32	0
Other	5	1	7	12	2	5
Mean number of times visited in the last 12 months	4	3	4	4	5	3
Current symptoms, %
Shortness of breath on doing brisk activity	80	87	78	82	63	87
Chronic cough	54	42	58	43	66	66
Mucus production	55	65	52	47	48	61
Constant shortness of breath	38	48	34	38	36	29
Chest tightness	36	26	39	39	43	34
Occasional acute/severe attacks (≤1 per year)	32	21	35	30	46	30
Frequent acute/severe attacks (>1 per year)	24	21	25	26	20	30

^*GOLD 2009 criteria.

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GOLD, the global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease; HCPs, healthcare practitioners.