Skip to main content
. 2017 May-Jun;19(88):115–124. doi: 10.4103/nah.NAH_51_16

Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics according to their self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) status

COPD P-value

No (n = 35,284, 96.9%) Yes (n = 1371, 3.1%)
Sociodemographics
 Men (n, %) 15,778 (48.3) 593 (44.7) 0.060
 Age (mean, SE) 46.44 (0.17) 63.31 (0.56) <0.001
 Age ≥ 40 years (n, %) 22,041 (59.1) 1312 (94.6) <0.001
 Race/ethnicity (n, %) <0.001
  White 25,367 (74.6) 1139 (87.5)
  Black/African American 5004 (12.4) 144 (7.4)
  American Indian/Chinese/Filipino/Asian Indian 1725 (4.6) 39 (2.4)
  Multiple race/other 3188 (8.3) 49 (2.7)
 Annual family income (n, %) <0.001
  <$35,000 13,340 (31.4) 800 (54.8)
  $35,000–74,999 9758 (30.7) 323 (31.8)
  $75,000–99,999 3456 (12.7) 67 (5.5)
  ≥$100,000 5880 (25.2) 68 (7.8)
Lifestyle
 Cigarette-smoking status (n, %) <0.001
  Never smoker 21,550 (62.6) 275 (21.0)
  Former smoker 7654 (21.2) 615 (43.8)
  Current some day smoker 1446 (3.9) 71 (4.4)
  Current every day smoker 4454 (12.3) 398 (30.8)
 Ever smoked other tobacco products (n, %) 7754 (22.7) 356 (25.9) 0.037
 Alcohol-drinking status (n, %) <0.001
  Lifetime abstainer 7404 (21.4) 223 (16.0)
  Former drinker 5099 (12.8) 477 (36.5)
  Current drinker 22,248 (65.8) 649 (47.4)
 Light/moderate physical activity (n, %) <0.001
  Never 13,472 (38.5) 744 (56.8)
  Unable to do it 404 (0.9) 92 (6.8)
  <3 times/week 11,339 (33.8) 263 (18.8)
  4–7 times/week 8327 (23.6) 201 (13.9)
  >7 times/week 1112 (3.3) 40 (3.7)
 Vigorous physical activity (n, %) <0.001
  Never 18,522 (51.2) 1012 (74.4)
  Unable to do it 615 (1.3) 116 (8.6)
  <3 times/week 10,549 (31.9) 146 (11.0)
  4–7 times/week 4534 (13.6) 70 (5.1)
  >7 times/week 645 (2.0) 14 (0.9)
 Body mass index (n, %) <0.001
  <25.00 kg/m2 12,147 (36.3) 444 (30.9)
  25.00–29.99 kg/m2 11,789 (34.6) 387 (30.1)
  ≥30.00 kg/m2 10,076 (29.1) 493 (37.6)
 Co-morbidity
  Asthma (n, %) 4213 (12.0) 549 (37.3) <0.001
  Emphysema (n, %) 230 (0.5) 446 (29.9) <0.001
  Hearing (n, %) <0.001
  Excellent hearing 17,194 (51.5) 295 (21.9)
  Good/little trouble hearing 15,689 (42.9) 775 (57.3)
  Moderate trouble/lot of trouble hearing 2295 (5.6) 294 (20.8)
 Occupation
  Occupational group (n, %) <0.001
  White-collar workers 19,031 (60.3) 588 (47.3)
  Service workers 6155 (18.2) 259 (19.7)
  Blue-collar workers 7014 (21.4) 407 (33.0)
 Exposure to very loud noise (n, %) <0.001
  Never exposed 26,118 (78.9) 828 (63.6)
  <5 years 2820 (8.5) 116 (9.2)
  5–9 years 1107 (3.1) 55 (3.6)
  10–14 years 837 (2.6) 56 (4.1)
  ≥15 years 2399 (6.9) 242 (19.5)

Reported estimates (except raw number of cases) are weighted to obtain nationally representative estimates. Percentages are reported within columns. Missing cases are not displayed. Data source: CDC/NCHS, National Health Interview Survey, 2014.