Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics | Number of patients (N=2,467) |
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Sex, n (%) | |
Female | 1,141 (46.3) |
Male | 1,326 (53.7) |
Mean age (standard deviation), years | 34.2 (7.4) |
Age range, years, n (%) | |
18–25 | 345 (14.0) |
26–30 | 475 (19.3) |
31–35 | 624 (25.3) |
36–40 | 436 (17.7) |
41–45 | 424 (17.2) |
46–50 | 163 (6.6) |
Country or area, n (%) | |
People’s Republic of China | 800 (32.4) |
South Korea | 500 (20.3) |
Taiwan | 300 (12.2) |
Hong Kong | 200 (8.1) |
Singapore | 200 (8.1) |
Indonesia | 166 (6.7) |
Malaysia | 151 (6.1) |
Philippines | 150 (6.1) |
Years since asthma diagnosis, n (%) | |
0–9 | 959 (38.9) |
10–19 | 632 (25.6) |
20–29 | 345 (14.0) |
30–39 | 117 (4.7) |
40–49 | 19 (0.8) |
Unknown/not sure | 395 (16.0) |
Current smokers, n* (%) | 284 (11.5) |
Comorbidities,† n (%) | |
High BP/hypertension | 711 (31.7) |
Depression | 466 (20.8) |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 398 (17.7) |
Diabetes | 309 (13.8) |
Heart disease | 223 (9.9) |
COPD | 122 (5.4) |
Cancer | 16 (0.7) |
Treatment type,‡ n (%) | |
None | 302 (9.1) |
Reliever/rescue inhaler | 1,171 (35.3) |
Controller inhaler | 549 (16.5) |
Oral treatment (pill) | 789 (23.8) |
TCM/TKM | 250 (7.5) |
Others | 257 (7.7) |
Notes:
Number of patients, n=1,075;
multiple selection allowed, number of responses, n=2,245;
multiple selection allowed, number of responses, n=3,318.
Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TCM, traditional Chinese medicine; TKM, traditional Korean medicine.