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. 2018 Jul 27;13:2261–2269. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S163000

Table S2.

Subgroup analysis of the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related health-care utilization during a 5-year period according to the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)

IRR (95% CI) BMI (kg/m2)
P for trend
<18.5 18.5–22.9 23–24.9 ≥25
FEV180% predicted
Crude IRR
 Hospitalization 7.20 (0.20–265.07) Reference 1.24 (0.33–4.66) 0.57 (0.14–2.32) 0.33
 Outpatient clinic visits 0.52 (0.28–0.96) 1.04 (0.85–1.26) 0.89 (0.72–1.10) 0.11
 Pharmacy use 0.33 (0.15–0.73) 1.04 (0.79–1.37) 0.90 (0.67–1.19) 0.08
Adjusted IRRa
 Hospitalization 10.04 (0.29–348.56) 1.08 (0.30–3.92) 0.58 (0.14–2.38) 0.20
 Outpatient clinic visits 0.45 (0.24–0.82) 1.05 (0.87–1.27) 0.97 (0.79–1.19) 0.05
 Pharmacy use 0.27 (0.12–0.59) 1.05 (0.80–1.36) 1.00 (0.76–1.33) 0.03
Adjusted IRRb
 Hospitalization 12.22 (0.37–402.38) 1.25 (0.34–4.58) 0.61 (0.15–2.40) 0.15
 Outpatient clinic visits 0.45 (0.24–0.82) 1.05 (0.87–1.27) 0.97 (0.79–1.19) 0.05
 Pharmacy use 0.28 (0.20–0.38) 1.08 (1.01–1.15) 0.99 (0.92–1.07) <0.01
50%FEV1<80% predicted
Crude IRR
 Hospitalization 2.57 (0.15–42.62) Reference 1.70 (0.50–5.77) 0.84 (0.27–2.63) 0.63
 Outpatient clinic visits 1.58 (0.98–2.55) 0.86 (0.70–1.07) 0.73 (0.59–0.89) <0.01
 Pharmacy use 1.53 (0.79–2.96) 0.78 (0.59–1.04) 0.64 (0.49–0.84) <0.01
Adjusted IRRa
 Hospitalization 2.68 (0.18–40.95) 1.36 (0.41–4.48) 1.21 (0.39–3.73) 0.86
 Outpatient clinic visits 1.22 (0.79–1.90) 0.89 (0.72–1.09) 0.86 (0.71–1.05) 0.25
 Pharmacy use 1.14 (0.61–2.14) 0.83 (0.63–1.09) 0.78 (0.60–1.01) 0.22
Adjusted IRRb
 Hospitalization 3.14 (0.21–46.92) 1.64 (0.49–5.54) 1.37 (0.44–4.21) 0.73
 Outpatient clinic visits 1.21 (0.78–1.87) 0.86 (0.70–1.05) 0.85 (0.70–1.03) 0.16
 Pharmacy use 1.11 (1.00–1.23) 0.79 (0.75–0.84) 0.73 (0.69–0.78) <0.01

Notes:

a

Adjusted by age, sex, and FEV1 (%).

b

Adjusted by age, sex, smoking pack-year, and FEV1 (%).

Abbreviations: IRR, incidence rate ratio; BMI, body mass index; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 s.