Table 1.
Population characteristics
| N=257 | |
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| Age in years; mean (SD) | 65 (12.3) |
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| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 204 (79.4) |
| Female | 53 (20.6) |
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| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Married/with partner | 208 (84.2) |
| Widower | 24 (9.7) |
| Divorced or never married | 15 (6.1) |
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| Occupational status, n (%) | |
| Employed | 74 (33.3) |
| Unemployed/housewife | 25 (11.3) |
| Retired | 123 (55.4) |
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| Smoking status, n (%) | |
| Current | 143 (55.6) |
| Ex | 83 (32.3) |
| Never | 31 (12.1) |
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| Pack-years; median (min–max) | 40 (10–200) |
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| CAT, mean (SD) | 17.3 (6.5) |
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| mMRC, mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.2) |
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| Main symptom, n (%) | |
| Cough | 96 (37.9) |
| Dyspnea | 135 (53.4) |
| Others (wheezing, chest tightness, and phlegm) | 22 (8.7) |
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| CAT, n (%) | |
| <10 | 22 (8.9) |
| ≥10 | 224 (91.1) |
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| mMRC, n (%) | |
| 0–1 | 100 (39.4) |
| ≥2 | 154 (60.6) |
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| Number of exacerbations in the last 12 months, median (min–max) | 1 (0–4) |
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| Number of exacerbations in the last 12 months, n (%) | |
| <2 | 130 (62.8) |
| ≥2 | 77 (37.2) |
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| Number of hospitalization in the last 12 months, median (min–max) | 0 (0–3) |
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| GOLD 2018–CAT/mMRC based, n (%) | |
| A | 11 (5.4)/57 (27.5) |
| B | 115 (56.4)/71 (34.3) |
| C | 3 (1.5)/20 (9.7) |
| D | 75 (36.8)/59 (28.5) |
Abbreviations: CAT, COPD Assessment Test; max, maximum; min, minimum; mMRC, Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale.