. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2015 Nov 10;99(4):617–623. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.10.031

Table 1.

Cohort characteristics.

	Mean (SD) or N (%)
n	292
Age (yrs)	70 (9.46)
Gender
Male	177 (61%)
BMI	28.2 (6.8)
Live alone (yes)	49 (23%)
Married	156 (75%)
Use of permanent oxygen	76 (37%)
Gait Speed (meters/second)	1.07 (0.22)
Breathlessness mMRC (scale 0–4)	2.00 (1.1)
PFT Data
FVC %	70.24 (17.4)
FEV1 % predicted	40.8 (17.9)
FEV1/FVC	47.8 (16.3)
DLCO %	52.5 (18.3)
Exacerbations ≥ 2	114 (40)
Hospital admission previous year	94 (33)
ADO index (range 0–14)	8.8 (2)
GOLD stages
A= mild	59 (20%)
B = moderate	46 (16%)
C-= severe	53 (18%)
D= very severe	134 (46%)

Note: SD = Standard Deviation; BMI = Body Mass Index; PFT = Pulmonary Function Test; ADO = Age-Dyspnea-Obstruction Index; GOLD = Global initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease; mMRC= Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea score