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. 2021 Apr 20;16:1101–1107. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S302877

Table 3.

Gender Differences in Symptom Clusters: Results of Exploratory Factor Analysis

Symptoms Female Male
Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 1 Factor 2 Factor 3
Mood- General Respiratory Respiratory-General Mood Cough-Sputum
Anxiety 0.809 0.917
Depression 0.783 0.874
Poor sleep 0.642 0.379
Fatigue 0.736 0.729
Frailty 0.688 0.729
Chest tightness 0.744 0.724
Dyspnea 0.654 0.856
Cough 0.769 0.920
Sputum 0.833 0.887