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. 2021 Mar 16;16:655–663. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S289620

Table 7.

Clinical Manifestations of COPD

Clinical Symptoms COPD (n = 504) Non-COPD (n = 2459) p-value OR (95% CI) Total (n = 2963)
Cough (n, %) <0.001 3.17 (2.61,3.86)
 Yes 279 (55%) 691 (28%) 970 (33%)
 No 225 (45%) 1768 (72%) 1993 (67%)
Dyspnea (n, %) <0.001 3.09 (2.53,3.77)
 Yes 231 (46%) 529 (22%) 760 (26%)
 No 273 (54%) 1930 (78%) 2203 (74%)
Bilateral edema (%) <0.001 6.81 (4.46,10.47)
 Yes 51 (10%) 40 (2%) 91 (3%)
 No 453 (90%) 2419 (98%) 2872 (97%)
Chest pain 0.07 1.46 (0.97,2.12)
 Yes 35 (7%) 120 (5%) 155 (5%)
 No 469 (93%) 2339 (95%) 2808 (95%)
Whether due to seasonal changes in the weather cool cough, cough sputum, shortness of breath (n, %) <0.001 2.90 (2.37,3.56)
 Yes 207 (41%) 476 (19%) 683 (23%)
 No 297 (59%) 1983 (81%) 2280 (77%)
Whether to smell and irritant odor cough, asthma symptoms (n, %) <0.001 2.09 (1.68,2.59)
 Yes 158 (31%) 441 (18%) 599 (20%)
 No 346 (69%) 2018 (82%) 2364 (80%)
Have you ever coughed up sputum for 2 consecutive years, 3 months per year or more (n, %) <0.001 8.01 (6.47,9.91)
 Yes 263 (52%) 295 (12%) 558 (19%)
 No 241 (48%) 2164 (88%) 2405 (81%)
Whether to cough up sticky phlegm (n, %) <0.001 3.49 (2.76,4.42)
 Yes 141 (28%) 246 (10%) 387 (13%)
 No 363 (72%) 2213 (90%) 2576 (87%)
Recent days whether there is a cold, tracheitis, pneumonia and other respiratory diseases (n, %) <0.001 3.73 (2.54,5.44)
 Yes 49 (10%) 69 (3%) 118 (4%)
 No 455 (90%) 2390 (97%) 2845 (96%)