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. 2021 May 26;58(1):5–7. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2021.05.009

Table 1.

The Prevalence of Chronic Respiratory Diseases in Patients With COVID-19.

Study Sample Size Age (Yrs) Prevalence [(N, %)] and Impact
Any Chronic Respiratory Diseases COPD Asthma Bronchiectasis
Guan, 2020a2 1590 48.9 NA 24 (1.5%)• NA NA
Posso, 20203 834 78.2 143 (17.1%)○ NA NA NA
Guan 20214 39,420 55.7 1123 (2.8%)* 636 (1.6%)• 244 (0.6%)• 313 (0.7%)○
Zhang, 20207 140 57.0 ≥2 (1.4%)○ 2 (1.4%)○ 0 NA
Guan,2020b8 1099 47.0 NA 261 (1.1%)* NA NA
Bloom, 20219 75,463 NA <20,196 (26.8%)• NA 7859 (10.4%)• NA
Aveyard, 202110 14,497 69.9 4140 (28.6%)• 1555 (10.7%)• 2266 (15.7%)• 319 (2.2%)•
Signes-Costa, 202013 5868 65.1 ≥845 (14.4%)• 483 (8.3%)• 362 (6.2%)• NA
Yang, 202015 7340 47.1 ≥1075 (14.6%)* 350 (4.8%)* 725 (9.9%)• NA
Chhiba, 202019 1526 NA NA NA 220 (14%)• NA
Garcia-Pachon, 202020 168 66.0 ≥16 (9.5%)• 12 (7.1%)• 4 (2.4%)• NA

Shown with the cells are the absolute number and the percentage. Age is expressed as the mean or median. Chronic respiratory disease: having at any of COPD, asthma and bronchiectasis. •: negative impact on the outcome of COVID-19; ○: no adverse impact on the outcome of COVID-19. *: unknown impact on the outcome of COVID-19; NA: not available.