Table 1.
Age Standardized Prevalence of Characteristics Among Participants Aged 40–84 Years in the Tromsø Study. Odds Ratios of Change in Prevalence Over 14 Years are Presented
| Women | Men | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–2 n=4154 | 2007–8 n=6557 | 2015–16 n=10,929 | OR | P-value | 2001–2 n=3201 | 2007–8 n=5807 | 2015–16 n=9912 | OR | P-value | |
| n (%a) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Daily smokingb | 1119 (29.9) | 1388 (22.1) | 1550 (14.1) | 0.393 | <0.0001 | 888 (31.4) | 1110 (19.7) | 1257 (12.8) | 0.350 | <0.0001 |
| Self-reported COPDc | 229 (4.6) | 307 (4.5) | 406 (4.3) | 0.850 | 0.9 | 153 (4.0) | 247 (4.1) | 337 (3.5) | 0.892 | 1.0 |
| Self-reported COPD or asthmac | 544 (11.8) | 876 (13.3) | 1521 (14.6) | 1.198 | 0.03 | 353 (10.1) | 626 (10.9) | 1177 (12.3) | 1.198 | 0.16 |
| Body Mass Index ≥30d | 853 (17.8) | 1335 (20.1) | 2462 (22.6) | 1.249 | 0.1 | 557 (18.6) | 1187 (20.0) | 2497 (25.2) | 1.575 | <0.0001 |
| Dyspneae | 1764 (45.8) | 2850 (48.0) | 4191 (40.1) | 0.703 | 0.004 | 1295 (42.4) | 2297 (42.5) | 3561 (38.9) | 0.738 | 0.002 |
| Cough daily in periodsf | 679 (19.3) | 1019 (16.7) | 1612 (15.2) | 0.808 | 0.04 | 666 (22.2) | 1112 (20.5) | 1753 (18.0) | 0.746 | 0.003 |
| Productive cough for three months the two previous yearsf | 424 (11.7) | 580 (7.1) | 788 (7.5) | 0.743 | 0.2 | 428 (13.6) | 582 (10.6) | 891 (9.1) | 0.654 | 0.0002 |
Notes: Number of participants: Tromsø 5: 7355, Tromsø 6: 12364, Tromsø 7: 20841. aAll percentages are age standardized. bTromsø 5: 37 women 20 men missing, Tromsø 6: 117 women and 68 men missing, Tromsø 7: 220 women and 200 men missing. cTromsø 5: 90 women and 30 men missing, Tromsø 6: 123 women and 98 men missing, Tromsø 7: 313 women and 199 men missing. dTromsø 5: 37 women and 29 men missing, Tromsø 6: 14 women and 4 men missing, Tromsø 7: 33 women and 26 men missing. eTromsø 5: 608 women and 394 men missing, Tromsø 6: 635 women and 519 men missing, Tromsø 7: 217 women and 193 men missing. (Dyspnea walking fast on level ground or slight up hills). fTromsø 5: 589 women and 398 men missing, Tromsø 6: 503 women and 373 men missing, Tromsø 7: 212 women and 197 men missing.