Table 1.
Statistical summary of patient backgrounds a.
| Severity Variables | Whole | Mild | Moderate | Severe | Very Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observation | 142 | 40 | 53 | 30 | 19 |
| Background | |||||
| Age | 73.11 (9.9) | 75.94 (9.54) | 71.11 (9.78) | 74.88 (9.72) | 69.00 (9.96) |
| Male | 86% | 82% | 80% | 96% | 93% |
| Married | 75% | 82.85% | 64.44% | 76.92% | 85.71% |
| Income (×1000 NTD) | 256.23 (457.66) | 168.0 (262.66) | 284.35 (440.62) | 175.38 (217.94) | 552.8 (932.54) |
| Cigarette b | 25.72 (12.88) | 22.5 (13.02) | 25.96 (12.63) | 27.39 (13.40) | 27.12 (12.94) |
| Height (cm) | 161.33 (7.7) | 160.34 (7.42) | 160.38 (8.52) | 162.41 (6.62) | 163.96 (6.87) |
| Weight (kg) | 61.58 (14.59) | 59.47 (11.2) | 62.73 (16.79) | 59.26 (11.29) | 67.56 (18.11) |
| BMI | 23.62 (5.00) | 23.02 (4.02) | 24.21 (5.40) | 22.70 (4.38) | 25.05 (6.28) |
| Smoking History | |||||
| Never | 22.95% | 31.43 | 23.91 | 19.23 | 0.00 |
| Past | 63.11% | 54.29 | 52.17 | 80.77 | 92.86 |
| Current | 13.93% | 14.29 | 23.91 | 0.00 | 7.14 |
| WHO | |||||
| Physical | 57.82 (18.24) | 62.09 (17.55) | 57.67 (15.99) | 55.77 (18.85) | 49.79 (23.57) |
| Psychological | 56.03 (17.40) | 60.6 (16.45) | 57.33 (15.64) | 52.69 (18.73) | 45.64 (19.37) |
| Social | 61.52 (17.98) | 68.8 (15.39) | 62.83 (19.15) | 54.58 (16.10) | 50.93 (15.57) |
| Environment | 61.08 (15.01) | 65.51 (12.09) | 61.41 (14.85) | 59.04 (16.59) | 51.71 (15.79) |
| EQ-5D | 0.84 (0.21) | 0.88 (0.20) | 0.89 (0.16) | 0.79 (0.20) | 0.65 (0.32) |
| SF-36 | |||||
| PCS | 37.47 (12.39) | 42.19 (12.66) | 37.88 (12.08) | 32.30 (10.43) | 31.87 (11.04) |
| MCS | 49.48 (11.63) | 53.95 (9.75) | 47.67 (11.85) | 48.98 (12.06) | 44.03 (11.97) |
| Current Health c | 71.45 (18.4) | 70.48 (13.87) | 69.58 (25.17) | 72.86 (14.54) | 74.23 (16.44) |
| FEV1% Predicted | 54.33 (22.02) | 95.72 (14.25) | 62.29 (8.8) | 39.23 (5.46) | 23.99 (3.79) |
| CAT | 15.95 (9.97) | 12.06 (9.16) | 14.53 (9.47) | 20.35 (8.67) | 23.14 (9.57) |
Note: a The mean or percentages are reported, and the standard deviations are in parentheses. b Number of cigarettes smoked per day. c Self-reported current health status on a 1–100 scale. Abbreviations: NTD: New Taiwan Dollars; BMI, Body Mass Index; PCS, physical component summary; MCS, mental component summary; FEV, forced expiratory volume; CAT, COPD Assessment Test.