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. 2018 Feb 27;13:665–674. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S148735

Table 1.

Subject characteristics (unweighted n=10,388, weighted n=210,916,313)

Characteristics Total
(n=10,388)
Neither COPD
nor OSA (n=9,237)
OSA alone
(n=366)
COPD alone
(n=695)
OSA/COPD
overlap (n=90)
P-value
Demographic and socioeconomic status
Age (year) 46.6±0.4 45.8±0.4 52.7±0.8 53.9±0.7 55.8±1.5 <0.001*
 20–39 3,664 (37.8) 3,474 (40.3) 119 (20.3) 63 (16.1) 8 (9.9)
 40–59 3,235 (38.9) 2,827 (38.1) 225 (41.0) 149 (53.2) 34 (46.4)
 60–79 2,755 (18.9) 2,305 (17.4) 271 (31.6) 136 (27.6) 43 (40.6)
 80+ 734 (4.4) 631 (4.3) 80 (7.0) 18 (3.0) 5 (3.1)
Gender <0.001*
 Female 5,354 (51.9) 4,788 (51.9) 121 (31.4) 405 (63.1) 40 (50.6)
 Male 5,034 (48.1) 4,449 (48.1) 245 (68.6) 290 (36.9) 50 (49.4)
Race <0.001*
 Non-Hispanic White 5,007 (70.6) 4,278 (69.5) 224 (80.9) 455 (80.6) 50 (71.2)
 Non-Hispanic Black 2,247 (11.3) 2,029 (11.6) 80 (9.4) 112 (7.9) 26 (15.5)
 Mexican American 1,936 (8.2) 1,841 (8.8) 35 (3.9) 54 (2.9) 6 (2.5)
 Other Hispanic 777 (4.1) 707 (4.3) 18 (3.3) 48 (3.0) 4 (1.5)
 Other race 421 (5.7) 382 (5.8) 9 (2.6) 26 (5.5) 4 (9.3)
Poverty income ratio <0.001*
 >2 5,228 (63.0) 4,688 (63.5) 217 (70.6) 280 (52.2) 43 (55.9)
 1–2 2,579 (19.5) 2,261 (19.2) 78 (15.4) 220 (25.9) 20 (20.1)
 <1 1,843 (11.8) 1,624 (11.6) 47 (8.6) 150 (15.6) 22 (18.1)
Education <0.001*
 Ever attend college 4,780 (55.6) 4,246 (55.8) 200 (61.4) 287 (48.5) 47 (61.7)
 Never attend college 5,595 (44.3) 4,980 (44.1) 166 (38.6) 406 (51.3) 43 (38.3)
Lifestyles and behaviors
Smoking <0.001*
  Nonsmoker 5,488 (52.2) 5,078 (53.9) 182 (51.7) 205 (31.9) 23 (30.1)
  Former 2,605 (24.4) 2,195 (23.5) 121 (30.1) 242 (30.9) 47 (48.6)
  Current 2,286 (23.3) 1,955 (22.5) 63 (18.1) 248 (37.3) 20 (21.4)
Alcohol consuming ,0.001*
  Lifetime abstainer 1,381 (10.6) 1,252 (10.7) 39 (9.9) 80 (9.8) 10 (12.2)
  Moderate drinker 5,715 (54.0) 4,956 (52.6) 235 (62.8) 460 (65.9) 64 (69.6)
  Heavy drinker 2,399 (27.4) 2,201 (28.3) 70 (21.2) 119 (19.6) 9 (14.2)
Physical activity (MET min/week) <0.001*
  ≥600 4,987 (53.4) 4,513 (54.5) 167 (49.9) 279 (42.9) 28 (33.5)
  <600 3,522 (30.2) 3,071 (29.6) 129 (30.7) 280 (35.9) 42 (37.6)
Serum vitamin D 0.105
  Normal 1,833 (22.6) 1,624 (22.9) 55 (18.3) 143 (22.5) 11 (10.3)
  Insufficiency 3,638 (38.3) 3,237 (38.2) 140 (42.8) 233 (36.0) 28 (42.8)
  Deficiency 3,542 (26.9) 3,126 (26.2) 140 (33.1) 241 (31.0) 35 (33.9)
Comorbidities
Obesity <0.001*
 Underweight/normal 3,029 (32.0) 2,788 (33.5) 27 (8.6) 210 (29.4) 4 (3.8)
  Overweight 3,509 (33.1) 3,210 (33.8) 72 (22.4) 207 (31.1) 20 (22.8)
  Obese 3,664 (33.4) 3,086 (31.4) 253 (66.5) 263 (38.0) 62 (69.7)
Cancer history <0.001*
  No 9,441 (91.3) 8,471 (92.2) 318 (85.8) 584 (83.9) 68 (74.0)
  Yes 934 (8.6) 753 (7.6) 48 (14.2) 111 (16.1) 22 (26.0)
Cardiovascular disease <0.001*
  No 9,200 (91.4) 8,378 (93.2) 272 (80.9) 507 (78.2) 43 (53.5)
  Yes 1,188 (8.6) 859 (6.8) 94 (19.1) 188 (21.8) 47 (46.5)
Diabetes mellitus <0.001*
  No/borderline 9,187 (91.8) 8,275 (92.7) 277 (79.5) 583 (89.7) 52 (65.7)
  Yes 1,193 (8.1) 954 (7.2) 89 (20.5) 112 (10.3) 38 (34.3)
Hypertension <0.001*
  No 6,859 (69.8) 6,313 (71.9) 150 (46.6) 370 (58.8) 26 (38.3)
  Yes 3,513 (30.0) 2,911 (28.0) 215 (53.2) 324 (41.1) 63 (60.6)
Dyslipidemia 0.001*
  No 5,345 (53.9) 4,830 (54.7) 163 (46.5) 314 (47.7) 38 (42.0)
  Yes 4,800 (44.0) 4,172 (42.9) 201 (53.3) 375 (51.6) 52 (58.0)
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) <0.001*
  ≥60 8,600 (85.3) 7,705 (85.7) 299 (86.4) 531 (80.1) 65 (73.7)
  <60 1,089 (8.8) 894 (8.1) 51 (10.9) 128 (15.7) 16 (18.0)
Overall mortality <0.001*
  Assumed alive 9,698 (95.5) 8,704 (96.1) 340 (94.6) 585 (88.7) 69 (79.7)
  Assumed deceased 690 (4.5) 533 (3.9) 26 (5.4) 110 (11.3) 21 (20.3)

Notes: Categorical variables were shown unweighted counts (weighted %). Chi-square test was conducted to determine differences in categorical variables.

*

Significant difference between groups, P-value <0.05.

Abbreviations: eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; MET, metabolic equivalent of task; OSA, obstructive sleep apnea.