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. 2018 Sep 24;19:185. doi: 10.1186/s12931-018-0896-7

Table 4.

Significant factors for COPD diagnosis in all subjects

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
Age (years) 1.11 (1.09,1.13) < 0.001 1.10 (1.07,1.13) < 0.001
Male 1.02 (0.49,2.13) 0.954
Height (cm) 0.95 (0.92,0.97) < 0.001 1.01 (0.97,1.05) 0.786
Weight (kg) 0.93 (0.91,0.95) < 0.001 0.98 (0.95,1.01) 0.143
Smoking history
 Current smoking 0.92 (0.65,1.3) 0.631
 Pack-years 1.02 (1.01,1.03) < 0.001 1.01 (1.00,1.02) 0.059
Co-morbidity
 Pulmonary tuberculosis 2.78 (1.79,4.31) < 0.001 1.17 (0.66,2.10) 0.587
 Asthma 13.11 (8.27,20.79) < 0.001 1.88 (0.97,3.64) 0.060
Lung function test
FVC % predicted 0.95 (0.94,0.97) < 0.001 1.03 (1.01,1.05) 0.006
FEV1% predicted 0.93 (0.92,0.94) < 0.001 0.95 (0.93,0.96) < 0.001
 FEV1/FVC 0.001 (0.001,0.001) < 0.001
Self-reported respiratory symptoms
 Cough for more than 3 months 37.80 (15.55,91.87) < 0.001 2.40 (0.24,24.32) 0.458
 Sputum for more than 3 months 17.78 (7.81,40.52) < 0.001 0.48 (0.02,10.90) 0.647
Dyspnea 25.49 (13.68,47.49) < 0.001 3.07 (1.23,7.68) 0.017
Wheezing 7.83 (5.42,11.31) < 0.001 2.90 (1.76,4.78) < 0.001
 Chronic bronchitis 23.21 (10.67,50.5) < 0.001 2.76 (0.07,109.05) 0.588

Statistically significant data are presented as bold

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, FEV1 forced expiratory volume for 1 s, FVC forced vital capacity, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval