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. 2019 Oct 28;9(10):e028624. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028624

Table 3.

Comorbidities of patients with SP

15–34 years 35–64 years ≥65 years Total
n %* n %† n %‡ n
Total 2407 1374 497 4658
COPD 273 11.3 277 20.2 287 57.7 837 18.0
Pneumonia 102 4.2 109 7.9 150 30.2 361 7.8
Interstitial 4 0.2 17 1.2 13 2.6 34 0.7
Lung cancer 11 0.5 72 5.2 67 13.5 150 3.2
Asthma 63 2.6 111 8.1 174 35.0 348 7.5
Lung abscess 1 0.0 8 0.6 0 0.0 9 0.2
CCI
 Mean 0.25 0.69 1.31 0.47
 0 1823 75.7 708 51.5 173 34.8 2704 58.1
 1 468 19.4 420 30.6 305 61.4 1193 25.6
 2 45 1.9 165 12.0 166 33.4 376 8.1
 3 or more 5 0.2 65 4.7 99 19.9 159 3.4

*%=n/2407×100.

†%=n/1374×100.

‡%=n/496×100.

§%=n/4658×100.

CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SP, spontaneous pneumothorax.